For this project in creative writing we were supposed to take a word that you can't touch (like a feeling or emotion) and use the five sense to describe it. It's called sensory writing. I chose rejuvenation and this is what I wrote.
Wind carried the scent of salt water
cascading above an endless stretch of ocean.
She smelled of the most soothing
elements of Earth; Aloe,
lavender, even tangy citrus.
Her presence sent our noses
on a trek through a tropical forest
in Brazil somewhere.
When she came around, we
were drawn to her in waves.
Watching her was like watching
a plant being given a drop of water
after a long, humid summer.
She made everything seem crystal
clear and diaphanous.
She was a sigh of relief after
the newborn baby stopped crying.
The sound of nature; trees
brushing against one another
in the breeze.
If we dared touch her, she’d
have felt like a fluffy, soft cloud
way beyond our reach.
She was someone we all
secretly craved a taste of;
a peppermint that shot
open our nostrils and
sensitized our senses.
She was rejuvenation.
