Purple Pebble

I was walking on the sandy shores of Cape Cod beach
When I stepped on something hard.
I removed my foot very carefully and saw something
shiny on the smooth blanket of sand.
As I picked it up, I had a tingly feeling in my hand.
I looked up at summer's evening sky
And wondered where it came from.
Did it fall from the sky?
Impossible.
Or did the Ocean throw it out from the water?
I looked at the small pebble in my hand.
It was very unusual how it shimmered in the sunlight.
The most unusual thing about it
was its light, creamy violet color.
It looked like somebody colored it in with a purple
marker.
As it lay on my hand, I could feel its smooth front.
I realized, as I flipped it over, that it was blue on the
back, unlike any other pebble I had ever seen.
I decided I wouldn't take it,
I would leave it for someone else to find.
I threw it into the ocean.
As the watched the waves gulp the pebble in,
I remembered that if I had stepped somewhere else,
I wouldn't have found the pebble.