The sand is cool to touch, soft and flowing underneath. The sky is like a million little sparks of life, each one reaching out to be saved, to be heard, to be loved. The moon sits on the horizon out over the bay, reflected across the sparkling water. Soft whispers tickle the ear and a gentle caress sets the world on fire, burning away all of those little annoyances life can bring. A warm smile settles the butterflies and the enormity and absurdity of it all melts away. Here in this wide open space, with a cool breeze on the face, warmth and love in the heart, everything else pales. What else is there? A thousand deaths and a million miles can't keep this from being alive and kicking. The space between one another is only as far as a phone call, technology shaping and forming hearts desire til the day the plane touches down for the last time. The world is a smaller space than it was years ago. Life is portable now. Pack it up, label it, shift it and replant the seeds in a new garden. Simple. Anyone can do it right? "The same for me as you." After all, we promised that all we need is two hearts on this great sea of life, and no harbour can hold us. "Sail away with me, what will be will be." A magic dream to drift off to sleep to.
Millions of little sparks of life wink out as the sun peeks over the horizon. A bottle of wine wants to empty itself all over the floor. The sunlight through the window silhouettes the person in the bed and brings a warm smile. The mirror in the bathroom shows the remnants of another weekend wrapped up in the glow of a dream. As those familiar eyes stare back, the mind asks whether to look directly at them and lie for the sake of a dream. "Same for me as you?"
Sometimes you just have to take a minute and cry. For the lives and loves lost and misadventures taken. I lost a part of me once. I can never get it back and it will never be forgotten. Eight days of my life lived in despair. It still takes my breath away. To hold something so small and feel a life slip away. I was changed forever. It still haunts me so. Some days more than others. I pray others spare the same.
