Flirtation With Ecstasy

It was so long ago yet, I can remember everything. Barely an adult, I was on holiday on the Islands In the glow of tropical sunset, I saw her a raven-haired beauty Having not yet mastered the finesse of flirtation, I struggled for something to say, perhaps a nonchalant approach! That would be unique for me. My years of teenage gallivanting had been clumsy. I had to try and so, encouraged by the voices of the palm trees in the breeze, I said hello. In my mind’s eye, I could see it. A secret rendezvous, an equatorial moon shimmers as we make love. Then, to my surprise, she returns my simple greeting, Hello, said she. Sweating my precarious position, I stumbled As I continued my awkward presentation, a scorpion crossed the corner of my eye as if to say, danger is present yet worth the risk She did acquiesce Funny, as I recall that the ecstasy was not in our clandestine encounter later that night, as we shared only simple conversation. Rather, it was that she said yes. 5/6/18 Contest: 8 Difficult words Sponsor: Emile Pinet