speckles insouciant At night the ocean seems as infinite below my feet as it does along the invisible horizon. We have been sitting out here, dangling our feet over the edge of the dock for long enough that our eyes adjusted to the moonlight. Sunlight has a harsh effect on the skin at noon, but at midnight, reflected off of a nearly full moon, the warm light shifts to a blue-toned white that grazes your skin and draws out the glow that I know sits just below it. Your radiance in the moonlight reveals the parts of you I adore. Things that are difficult to see saturated by the brightness of the noon sky. Your eyes are focused on the distant expanse, making out ripples of waves in the moon’s reflection. It’s these moments that I steal glances at you. As well as I know you, and as dear to my heart as you are, I try to catch your expression when you are unaware, so that I can see all that you carry with you, the things that are yours and yours alone. The moonlight is gentle enough to coax us into letting down our guard. The darkness provides cover and concealment for us to sit and simply exist. The repetitive sound of waves endlessly crashing into the rocks establishes a cadence for our minds to follow as we sift and filter the sand of or memories. The ocean, an abyss that absorbs pain. Above us lies an inconceivable expanse, so deep, dark, and cold that it hides eternity. But cutting through that emptiness are speckles of light. Enough of them that, when combined, it’s beauty captures hearts and minds. Each individual star unique with its own story. We sit next to one another, here, and we are together. 220826 ... Bizzar beautiful 220826 ... tender_square "i try to catch your expression when you are unaware, so that i can see all that you carry with you, the things that are yours and yours alone." fuck, i love this so much. 220826 ... insouciant Many hearts to you both. I'm so glad what I'm trying to express comes across. 220827 what's it to you? who go blather from