I memorize the stars above because I do not want to forget …
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We are at the beach – a simple late-fall -
a simple late-night fire in the firepit, blazing
and warming –
its flames flickering and delightfully dancing before us
Before you turn your head towards me –
to look at me passionately, to look at me lovingly -
you – with a quick gesture – brush away your hair from your face –
as the salty wind swirls around us –
as it delicately assaults our coastal holiday skin
You then smile as I have not seen you smile before
This is a moment too beautiful for photographs –
a moment not to be interrupted –
a liquid moment immediately solidifying itself into stone –
the etchings (writing themselves) upon its unwavering body
are mindful of the details
A moment I would have declared fiction –
if I had not been by your side
Photo: Jimmy Broccoli.
