chapter i. ocean & sunsets
my favourite colour is the shade of mountains when the sun bid adieu
-sunset
as the sun stoops down to kiss the ocean,
I feel complete for the first time
-sunsets for one
as the sun makes its exit, the real play begins
complex characters of sunset yellow and cotton candy pink
enters the stage interacting with one another
each act more brilliant than the last
until the final curtain call
and the moon ushers you goodbye
“see you tomorrow night”
-the finest play
the dampness of yesterday wisps away
with the dawn of a new day
-morning dew
everything is blue
where the sky meets the mountains meets the ocean
sky dotted in white puffs of clouds
mountain tops dusted with powder sugar
ocean glimmering in the sun
I’ve never known so many shades of blue
until I laid eyes on you
-vancouver coastline
the thing about sunsets is that you can easily take it for granted
but no two sunsets are the same
for you never know when you’ll meet the one
that is so painstakingly beautiful
it simply moves you to tears
-may second
enveloped in a warm squeeze
she welcomes me back
like a mother’s hug
-ocean’s homecoming
the sweet sound of the waves crashing
over and over again against the sand
I hear you
thank you for bringing me back to the present
away from my thoughts
awaking me from my worried dream
-ocean’s call back to her
it is by the ocean
that I feel completely myself
to not perform for anyone
to not be anyone
but myself
-my happy place
I finally figured out why I love sunsets
it’s not that they can be simultaneously shades of flaming red, brilliant blue, and cotton candy pink
it’s because if you bat an eye
it won’t ever look the same again
I love sunsets because it reminds me
how beautifully impermanent life is
-catching sunsets
“how do you love the ocean so
when you did not grow up near the ocean?”
you ask, and I ask:
“have you ever sat by the water and felt its presence so deeply
that you could feel the water weaving between your fingers
mesmerized by each wrinkle on the surface
moved to silence by the shades of emerald blue?
well I have
don’t tell me how to love
like there is only one way”
-you do not need to justify who you are and what you love
the day my heart broke
I laid in the sun
like a shrivelled plant
the sun and the sea brought me back to life
-the sun & the sea