She shifted her weight and sand squeezed warm between her toes. Heated not by sun – the orb still far too distant in such early spring – but because she’s been standing still so long that the permeating chill under her soles relented to the constant pulse of lifeblood in her veins.
A bird called. Another bird returned. An insect buzzed a disharmonious song. It will be summer soon.
She felt her chest rise in a breath and her eyes skimmed the expanse of shimmering ground, patient, waiting for the tide.
Today, perhaps, he’ll come.
Today, maybe, he will return home from the wild, where waves rose high and ships dipped low to the ocean’s floor.
There was a writing in the sand. A code left by the crabs. The gulls. The seaweed.
She waited. Wavelets licked her feet.
Perhaps today something of him will wash ashore.
For Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
beautiful. palpable.
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Thank you! Glad it was communicated!
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Sensual and dreamlike, beautiful story.
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked it! 🙂
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I love this, Na’ama. Yes,, I understand someone watching the sea, wishful for a return
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Glad you liked this, Crispina. I love the way water moves on the sand, under the sunlight, the little ripples and movement and life, all temporary till the next tide, the next wave, the next wind. Here’s to all who are wistful for returns. May they find an answer.
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Oh, that is a beautiful thought! 🙂
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🙂
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I somehow missed this one!
Waiting, hoping… beautiful and atmospheric.
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🙂 So glad you found it! 🙂 No expiration date on getting your comments! 🙂
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It’s the one thing I hate about gmail – it only shows a certain amount of emails and until I clean out from the top, the ones below get hidden!
That said, I’m glad I came back to this! 🙂
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I know!!! It is why I keep my dinosaur email account …. (even though I have a secondary email address on gmail, which I use for some things I need it for). Gmail has pros, but it surely has cons!
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I lost my main email I had had for 30 years. So pissed. I should have chosen outlook or hotmail over stupid Gmail. I loathe it
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Oy. UGH. oy. oy. oy.
Did I oy enough?
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Maybe…. 😉
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Oy OY Oy for insurance … 😉
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😀
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