Love Found Me Under a Summer Sky

Love found me under a summer sky.It walked right up to me with a wide grin and said, "Hello."

I shaded my eyes with a quivering hand.

Squinting, I espied a shimmering sun-haloed form.

I squirmed.

I fussed with a wayward shoulder strap.

Sand clumped in my damp swimsuit seemed to shift and chafe.

Water lapping, children laughing, birds chirping, breeze whispering, all muffled beneath a wave of exposure.

Tongue-tied, I hesitated.

         Love could not be denied. He dropped next to me on the beach.

         Brown eyes sought mine appraising, questioning, appealing.

Despite the electric shock of recognition, I shivered.

"Hello," I croaked.

With a bold familiar heat, love found me under a summer sky. ( 13 lines )