Title: The Beach
Author: Jade Patricson
I stood there, I stood there for a long time, hours, minutes, months, years even! I stood in silence gazing out towards the blueness of the ocean with its hint of green, I watched it so intensely I could feel the color in each wave, fixated on the sound I loved so much as a child. I savored the feeling of the sand between my toes, and yet how soft and almost moist it was against the soles of my feet, I felt the soft breeze. And smelled it as the air filled my nostrils. I hugged myself because, it was getting a bit breezy, I noticed why, it was because the sun was going down, almost sinking into the water making it boil, I watched and pointed out the oranges and reds of the sunset, as I had done so many years ago, I watched and, I listened to all those things, and, remembered what I always told myself so many years before, over and over again until it became my own sacred mantra. And I lived t, I did what I said I would do, I would graduate, go to a good college, to become the person I always wanted to be. I would be married young, preferably early to mid twenties, because, life is too short not to live it, besides , I was always a hopeless romantic, a sucker for a red rose I guess, I believed my true love would be the one who stayed by me all these years. My thoughts were interrupted by the soft sound of feet in the sand, not mine, those of my other half, my lover, my soul mate, he'd brought me my sweater and came to tell my to come inside, he cooked, amazed as I was, (concerning prior incidents). He put my sweater on and slid his arms around my waist, and nuzzled my neck.
"What'cha looking' at?" he asked.
"The stars." I replied.
So, then we looked together, the first star began to rise in the sky and, I remembered years ago I stood alone on the sands of the beach and watched the same star rise and promised myself my dreams, I thought I had forgotten but, I guess I didn't. I wasn't alone now, I had him, he had me, I knew he was the one that knew he was the one that would stay, I had known it since I met him.
"Let's go inside now" he said sweetly.
"Dinner's getting cold?" I asked.
"Yeah"
He let me go and took my hand, I turned my head to meet his lips, we pulled apart and I said, "Let's go"
"I cooked" He told me.
"I know that's why I love you."
I giggled as he pulled me into the house. I do love him, the one that used to be faceless in my childhood dreams, now he is real, and I think to myself now I'm ready to live my life and be complete and happy.
Author: Jade Patricson
I stood there, I stood there for a long time, hours, minutes, months, years even! I stood in silence gazing out towards the blueness of the ocean with its hint of green, I watched it so intensely I could feel the color in each wave, fixated on the sound I loved so much as a child. I savored the feeling of the sand between my toes, and yet how soft and almost moist it was against the soles of my feet, I felt the soft breeze. And smelled it as the air filled my nostrils. I hugged myself because, it was getting a bit breezy, I noticed why, it was because the sun was going down, almost sinking into the water making it boil, I watched and pointed out the oranges and reds of the sunset, as I had done so many years ago, I watched and, I listened to all those things, and, remembered what I always told myself so many years before, over and over again until it became my own sacred mantra. And I lived t, I did what I said I would do, I would graduate, go to a good college, to become the person I always wanted to be. I would be married young, preferably early to mid twenties, because, life is too short not to live it, besides , I was always a hopeless romantic, a sucker for a red rose I guess, I believed my true love would be the one who stayed by me all these years. My thoughts were interrupted by the soft sound of feet in the sand, not mine, those of my other half, my lover, my soul mate, he'd brought me my sweater and came to tell my to come inside, he cooked, amazed as I was, (concerning prior incidents). He put my sweater on and slid his arms around my waist, and nuzzled my neck.
"What'cha looking' at?" he asked.
"The stars." I replied.
So, then we looked together, the first star began to rise in the sky and, I remembered years ago I stood alone on the sands of the beach and watched the same star rise and promised myself my dreams, I thought I had forgotten but, I guess I didn't. I wasn't alone now, I had him, he had me, I knew he was the one that knew he was the one that would stay, I had known it since I met him.
"Let's go inside now" he said sweetly.
"Dinner's getting cold?" I asked.
"Yeah"
He let me go and took my hand, I turned my head to meet his lips, we pulled apart and I said, "Let's go"
"I cooked" He told me.
"I know that's why I love you."
I giggled as he pulled me into the house. I do love him, the one that used to be faceless in my childhood dreams, now he is real, and I think to myself now I'm ready to live my life and be complete and happy.
