Thursday, January 26, 2023

You

 Standing on the edge of heaven, this mountain top we’ve hiked to on this early predawn morning is still cloaked in darkness. The moist dew does not weaken our shared emotion, soaked in happiness, my hand wrapped tightly around yours as we await the sunrise. The air, so crisp seems to ricochet the tiniest of sounds as the birds begin to stir from their rest, leaving their nests. As the first ray suddenly shoots towards the sky I shiver slightly, knowing the secret I have inside me will explode if the sun hesitates a moment longer. Your smile begins to show as the sky hugs the sun, the glow building rapidly, and I drop to my knee facing you. Before I can say a word, your mouth opens, eyes now fully exposed and beaming like the growing rays of hope. “YES” you shout, “Yes” “yes” repeats the echo from the canyon below, “A million times YES”…It was in that moment, that sweeter than all my life before moment that I truly knew. The universe had known what I had dreamed of all my life and had just now, truly opened my eyes to what I was unknowingly missing. You. 

2 comments:

Carrie Van Horn said...

What a beautiful moment captured Scott. A lovely memory, the kind that no matter what may change later, is still a cherished one.

Thomas Post said...

Thank you, Carrie, I appreciate that, and yes, old but not dead!