Have you ever experience a moment where you know that you were meant to be there for some reason?
Not too long ago, I came to this beautiful view of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson River.
I looked across this pond that was connected to the river, but it was in this cul-de-sac, almost.
I saw this girl there, sitting on a bench.
She had her knees pulled up to the bench she was sitting on and then she was extending her hands over her knees.
We continued to gaze at each other; she was under a weeping willow tree-- it was beautiful, SHE was beautiful.
I saw fish splashing, ripples tingling- the whole scene, it was picture perfect.
I looked back down at my book, then back up again.
Her head was turned toward me completely for the first time.
She was looking at me and I wondered “what are you thinking?"
What was she thinking- what was I thinking?
I really couldn’t tell what she looked like, but she seemed to dress nice and her skin looked soft.
The most I knew about her was that she wore a three quarter length skirt, black converse her hair was up and her hands-
Her hands were magnificent.
I saw the sunlight shining through her long extended fingers; she moved them like a dance.
It was freeing, she was freeing.
I should’ve gotten up and talked to her, but I didn’t want to ruin that perfect moment.
I never did learn her name, but I didn’t need to…
Here I am, once again,
Letting it all go and letting it all out.
I’ll carve you in stone, and bury you by night.
credits
from Restore,
released May 26, 2015
The beginning passage was written and spoken by my best friend, Joey DeSantis.
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