Remember When

Remember when we took off our shoes and walked the rocky shore in the cool Autumn air? Waves left cold salty kisses on the warm sand and we left footprints that washed away within seconds. You all charged the sea with you're clothes on, letting the frigid waves break you're fall. I stood back and smiled, talking with the rest and marveling at you're insanity.

Remember when we sat on the rocky dunes listening to the sea, as the evening sun leaked onto our skin? Thick ocean air blew, rippling our clothes gently.

Remember when we told the ocean goodnight and piled into the car? Most of you were all wet, you're teeth chattering and bodies shaking as you laughed telling yourselves it was worth it. We passed you the rice cakes and peanut butter and you made little sandwiches with them, crunching the sticky snack, while exchanging laughs and conversations that made us laugh.

Remember when we bounced for hours on that big trampoline and the little kids re-taught us games we use to play at their age? We laughed and jumped and then laughed and jumped some more, smiling at the simplicity of it all. Then we joined everyone else at the fire, talking and listening as the embers slowly put us to sleep. We wondered how something so powerful, so potentially dangerous, could have such a gentle hold on us. The stars were out, so we tilted our heads back and watched them glitter in the cool night air. Everything wasn't as it should be, in fact our troubles were piling up, but we let ourselves forget that day, soaking in every moment.
One day you'll ask me or I'll ask you if we remember when and we'll smile at the memory, looking back at how far we've come.