Just Another Day In Paradise.

He sat next to her,

watching the sun fall into the Gulf.

Yellow turned to passionate red,

and palm trees and beach umbrellas

fluttered in the cool breeze.

Powdery sand,

white from the sun,

faded to gray and then to black,

as the light disappeared above the horizon.

She tightly held his hand.

Her strength showed purpose

and passion.

He hadn’t felt it in a long time.

It felt like eternity.

The fire pit wall

lit the night,

flames dancing sensuously.

Their souls touched with the magic of recognition.

Her skin

burnished in the fading light.

She glowed as he stroked her arm,

stopping often,

squeezing it,

In a sign of devotion.

It felt like eternity.

He was transported to another beach,

and another time.

Diamond sand and translucent smoke

rose from a distant campfire.

He would lie with her,

next to an ocean,

teeming with life,

comfortable with death.

It would forever be

just another day in Paradise.