Flip Flops for Feet

They left me on the beach

So I turned it into a home

I sleep out in the dunes

Trying to keep my distance

The locals make eyes at me

Like I'm a pesky 'gull

They know I shouldn't be out here

But I have nowhere to go

So I walk out into the water

Tempting the waves to take me out and under

I dare them

Sometimes I think they appreciate my company

Or at the very least don't mind me

Other times I fear them crashing

Clapping down before me

Shaking all I have

I wasn't always out here

I once lived elsewhere

But I was left on the beach

And developed sunglasses for eyes

And flip flops for feet