Hello, beautiful readers! Melissa provides us with the image below for our Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge. I felt a story unfold, so I decided to go with an experimental haibun for this photo.
Full Circle
"Right there, Marge! That's where the Coast Guard picked us up on our makeshift raft." Manuel pointed to the cerulean sea.
His wife had never seen the ocean, and from the moment he met her, he promised her he would take her to see it one day. He was smitten with her from the moment he saw her. After being processed, he and a friend found a job on a farm in Iowa. It was there he had first set his eyes on Marge as she was strawberry picking at the farm. She became a frequent customer, and he finally built up enough courage to ask her on a date. They wed just a few months later. Children came soon after, so his dreams of showing her the beach fell to the dreamscape until now. Marge's memory was slipping, but after sixty years together, she still remembered his promise. So, here they were, staring at the serene ocean that brought him the opportunity to find the love of his life.
"It's as beautiful as you described it, hun." Marge leaned her head on Manuel's shoulder.
"It pales in comparison to you, my love." He caressed her cheek and held her close, grateful for all his blessings.
waves lap upon shore
continuous push and pull
a beautiful dance
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Love this. You have captured life's beautiful-sad.
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DeleteA tender story of a beautiful love. Love for each other and love of the ocean.🌊
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DeleteI really love this haibun, Yvette. Beautiful love story and glad they made it to the ocean together. Xo
ReplyDeleteThank you, Denise! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteThis made me smile. I read in the paper a few years back about a couple who made it to 75 years... but they had married quite young. :)
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