She told me that the ocean
Had been calling out her name,
When the tide went out each evening
She felt like she should do the same.The waves tugged at her ankles
As they pooled around her feet,
Whispering of wonders
That she still was yet to meet.But every time I asked her
If she knew the reason why,
She simply said this arid world
Had turned her deep heart dry.There was just one way she knew of
To finally feel like she was free,
And it was 14,000 feet
Beneath the cold and stormy sea.Then early in November
She slipped like water from our hands,
Left nothing of her salty breath
Or footprints in the sand.And I hope she found the ocean
Made up for things this world had lacked,
For she left a note to say goodbye
And then never came back.-Erin Hanson
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Troubled Water » Outer Banks [JJ Maybank] BOOK TWO
FanfictionSEQUEL TO "THE DEEP END." UPDATES EVERY MONDAY. Lee is running from everything. From home, from her friends, from the truth. It's all chased her to Charleston, and she's hoping that she's far enough from what happened this summer to be able to start...