Know your Nautical Terminology
The Beach
A term used broadly to refer to land or the shore, and not necessarily literally to a beach. For example, a ship which turns toward the shore can be said to have turned toward the beach, and a person or object on land can be said to be on the beach.
On the Beach
1. A Royal Navy term that means "retired from the Service."
2. On shore leave.
While out on the beach there are two empty chairs
that say more than the people who ever sit there
From under my lone palm I can look out on the day. 
I'm an old sailor, long time, no sea.
WWG1WGA
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)