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Came from work, exhausted and moody, fall is advancing with an improvised, swift pace, but the meteorologist defies it with the happiest face; and tomorrow I'll wake up and trot away! Planned a day in the merry sunshine, with a basked full of treats and a bottle of red wine, to be consumed by the shade of an elm with my dearest; and all the songbirds I will invite to my afternoon's feast! We lay on the neatest blanket, facing the calmest, eastern sea as sailboats drift by...a toddler listens to his mom's nostalgic song, and in her tender voice that soldier's smile, on rippled waves, appears; and tears, with a solar luster, fall on the pristine sand to recall her lost love. Seagulls glide over to announce the close of an August's evening still huddled in intimate embrace, the rushing waves tickle our toes, and not minding their amusing play, we carry on and not withdraw; before we lift the damp blanket, we are greeted by stars in throngs. Planned a day in the merry sunshine, a fantasy realized by two who will dream of this passionate season, remembering our tanned faces and skin glittering with sand; waving goodbye to the disheveled mother and trembling child. Note: These are the observations of a happy couple spending a day on the beach, but the happiness they felt wasn't shared by a mother and child who both missed a husband and father; and by the sad look on their faces, gazing out to the sea...he had gone to the Iraq War, and unfortunately had never returned home.
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