The breeze of the ocean entered my cab and through the filter of my Marlboro red my lungs felt like they inhaled life itself. As my tires devoured white lines the bright street lamps crept into our dream world.
My hand sweaty and shaking I turned up the radio and placed my hand on her lap. The flames of my youth exploded from my stomach outward. I could feel the smoke in my throat burning anything but this moment from my mind. I was stronger than the universe itself, primordial man and the dominion over existence was within me. I was whole and content.
Just as the sands were before us my truck made this god awful racket. Oh shit! I had not gotten gas for this trip. Oh well, we were both in desperate need of water. I pulled into a pump and got a look at her in bright lights for the first time in two hours. Her eyes drowsy and her smile aching. It was too cute.
As I paid for gas I saw her on the phone with someone. Lost in us I don't think she ever told her mom she wasn't coming home yet. Oh her mom is definitely gonna hate me now.
I bought the most thoughtful snacks I could, remembering every conversation we've ever had before, digging for a hint at what she'd want.
As I pumped a full tank she looked over her shoulder with a slim Jim hanging from her full lips and waved like a child. My heart skipped and any weariness I possessed evaporated.
Far down Jamaica beach I found a spot in a hole right on the sand. The air was cold but from the smell you could just feel how warm the water was.
We ran through the water splashing each other. Only ankles deep we felt the sand between our toes. Those bright Texas stars you hear about were stealing the dark from the night and reflecting in the water. My music roaring over the waves I grabbed her by the waist. For a moment my heart took charge. We danced in the headlights and the moon and stars witnessed my left feet try to guide hers in an uncoordinated sway. This dance would have put all the great poets into silence. The indescribable rhythm and perfect harmony of our little sway.
Our laughs of joy crashing against the significance of now, we returned to the truck and sat down. Our shoes were soaked and tossed aside along with all of our cares and insecurities.
We laid our seats back and began to sing together. I sang every love song I knew to her meaning every lyric. I had fallen from the edge and into the abyss of serenity.
For hours we sat and talked and sang. It was an eternity of its own, another life lived to its fullest, complete and dense. There was no walking away without being changed from that point.
As the first few sunbeams cracked the sky, we stared into each other. I could see deeper and deeper into her. She was perfect to me. She was now and forever my everything.
Like magnets we fought as hard as we could, but a great and mighty force pushed us together. An inch from her face I tore away my fear.
10 minutes before sunrise I closed my eyes and pulled her close.
Our first kiss planted itself in the memory of that water. The island shook free from its chains and floated through the galaxy. What I felt was alien to me but it was louder than the crash of the waves, hotter than the sun, and softer than the sand. My heart burst in my chest and leaked out of my shoulders. I sailed upon glass with infinity before me, all those before us had never been a perfect match. My jagged edges fit into hers like the rain washing away the impurities within me. If god had offered me heaven at that moment, I would refuse if but to receive 1 more second. Tears welled in my eyes as I stared into hers after, our happiness flowing down our cheeks. I think she liked me back but now I loved her with more passion than I ever thought was possible and I wouldn't bury anything anymore. I was going to be with her forever.
