Kissed by the passing breeze of awakenng Contest ~ Sponsor: John Lawless
July 16, 2023
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It was the moment sepia bloomed into color. I felt it in my fingertips as a tingling sensation, like the warmth of the sun when it touched my skin and allowed a gentle breeze to awaken within me something that had caught me completely unaware. There was a melody drifting on the wind. I shared its lyrics with my heart but no one else, afraid I'd misread what I'd seen in his eyes, and unsure that somehow, I had misconstrued what the gentle zephyr was conveying to me. There were butterflies waltzing inside of me, dancing with intense yearning that I wanted to explore. It filled my mind and body until I could hardly breathe. At sixteen, I was ready to walk across that threshold between adolescence and what was on the other side. A smile brushed my lips each time I said his name.
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