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Walking down the sandy steps

Bare feet slowly swallowed by warm, sunsoaked sand

We sat on a picnic blanket in the shade of a tree

Ocean salt and summer heat filling our hearts

The beach was all too familiar

But as we grew

Each year it felt a little different

It meant something a little more

Crashing waves the background music

To our hushed conversation

Echoes of laughing children playing a the shore

The sea slowly ticking away

We watched the shoreline creep up the beach

Before returning out to sea

It felt warm and peaceful,

The smell of the sea bringing back years of memories

The same beach

The same time

Every year

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As we sat,

The world slowly turned itself over

Families left, couples came to watch the sun say goodnight

A cold began to set in

We put on the soft jackets we brought

Huddled a little closer

And somehow felt a little warmer

Than with the midday sun

The shore slowly made its way out,

Then back in

No longer were children and loud families surrounding us

No longer was the sun causing drips of sweat on our brow

Now we sat in silence as we watched the world sleep

From our little spot, on our little beach

Careful not to wake them

And as we sat under the stars

The beach meant something else

Something more than ever before

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