-Ocean Sounds-

She walked along the beach, the wet sand squeezing up between her toes, and smiled sadly.

His reaction to the expanse of blue water had been hilarious; as if he hadn't quite known what to make of it as the sun set in the horizion. And then he had quieted her laughterby kissing her.

She stopped and lifted a conch shell from the sand, holding it to her ear; listening for the sound of the ocean.

"I love you… I love you… I love you…"

The ocean of tears she'd cried since he'd been gone…