The Fiery Red Skyline
By Noah Pedersen I am reminded of a long morning walk along a beach. It was a cool morning, and the sun was just beginning to poke it’s radiant face over the water. It turned the skyline into a fiery red color. I stopped to look at it for a while. The fiery red skyline reminded me that love has a way of showing her face after a seemingly endless night. The girl of my dreams had left me, and now the rising sun reminded me that love comes and goes. I continued to walk along the shoreline. Then I looked out into the ocean. It seemed to be endless. This reminded me that love lives on amidst the blue of heartbreak. I sat down on the sand, and I admired the sparkling blue beauty of the ocean. I also admired the way that the fiery red skyline seemed to separate the sad blue of the ocean from the blue of the sky. As I sat on the beach, I noticed how calm the water was on that morning. This reminded me to find tranquility within my sadness. I then sat there and I meditated on my emotions; I embraced the blue. I felt the wind as it caressed my body. I found peace in its gentle touch. I felt the warm sand beneath me. It was a warm soft pillow under my body. I found comfort in its loving warmth. I opened my eyes, and I looked around me. I saw plants that grew by the boardwalk. They do not care about the ephemeral nature of teenage love. They live on without it. Love lives on without them, yet they are happy. For this reason I admired them. I saw the sea gulls flapping above me. I heard their squaking voices. Do they care about love? I wonder. Surely they do not concern themselves with such things. For the life of animals is different than that of human beings. They do not care about anything with the exception of their destination. This reminded me that I should look to my future dreams rather than my state at present. I should not dwell on seas of sorrow. For those who dwell in seas of sorrow will surely drown. I now noticed that the sun was high in the sky. I felt her warm touch upon my skin. I was reminded that nature has a way of comforting her children. I found comfort in the fiery red skyline, comfort in the eternal nature of the sea, in the tranquility of the still water, comfort in the plants, the sea gulls, in the sun, comfort in the gentle nature of the wind, in the warmth of the sand, and I found comfort in all of nature.
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