Lost in the waves for a minute you charged forward. There was a determined set to your chin, a gleam in your eye. There was the challenge in your squared shoulders. The wave swelled at you, gathering up its enormous power as if it knew it would take a lot to knock you down. You took a deep breath. The wave and you met, tangled briefly. I watched--you rose up impossibly high, thrusting your whole body upward, face tilted to the sun. For a moment you were the victor. Then the wave swallowed you up and went crashing past you and you were left sputtering, wiping your eyes furiously. "You okay?" I asked and I don't even think you heard. You smiled wickedly at me and the next wave, and it hit, and you went up, up, again.
No comments:
Post a Comment