~Tsunami~

By WordWulf, 13th Mar 2011 | Follow this author | RSS Feed | Short URL http://nut.bz/hf-bzq3w/
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~I can’t believe I’ll never see her again~two weeks in paradise~we made love on the sand one night~how could we do that yesterday~and today she is gone~like those other people you hear about~victims~

~Tsunami~

I have clipped my toes from the bottom of this photograph. The day I snapped it was one of wonderful idle comfort. I sat in my old beach chair, a cold beer in my hand. On a whim, I picked up my camera and took this shot. She’s running there in the shadows, down to the beach, to enjoy a quick dip in the cool water before seeing me off. My skin is still warm where her hand touched me. “Come on with me; you’ll wish you had when you’re back in that awful city in the states!” Aye God, how right she was. Earthquakes and oceans make us small; her lovely water come to claim her, all I have left in the world. I have clipped my toes from the bottom of this photograph.

~Tom (WordWulf) Sterner~
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WordWulf
Tom Sterner lives in Redding, California and Arvada, Colorado with wife Kathy. He has been published in numerous magazines and on the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His interne...(more)