KarMel Scholarship 2004
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“Patience” By
Desciption
of Submission: “A brief fiction story that shows hope resides in my heart that I will
one day find the lady I wish to spent the rest of my life with.” – Mickie |
I first saw her sitting on the beach staring out at the beauty of the ocean. I was completely intrigued. Her dark hair slightly rustled from the gentle sea breeze. I watched her from a distance afraid to look at her too long fearing she would notice but also scared to look away for fear she may disappear. I wanted so badly to just walk up behind her and wrap my arms around her and not speak a word. Just hold her as we watched the waves change the beach. She possessed a beauty that I had never seen before. It was more than external beauty.. It was the way she looked at the ocean.. The way she played in the sand with her fingers. It was just everything about her. She was more beautiful than the setting sun over a calm blue ocean. I watched her daily hoping to get up the courage one day to approach her.
It seemed like an eternity before I got up the courage to even speak a polite hello as I strolled by. She looked up to me and nodded and that's when I saw her eyes and I just wanted to melt. I could almost see into her and see all the beauty that she had hidden inside. That's when I knew.. that more than anything I wanted to know this beautiful lady. She smiled too. It was such a pretty smile. I wanted to know if i could make her smile like that all the time. Afraid to wear out my welcome I walked on.
I had asked around about her. I wanted to know who she was and if I even had a chance. The talk was that yes she was gay and that she was single. I smiled the entire day that I found that out. I begin to develop a plan in my head.. I was going to woo her.. swept her off her feet.. make her happy...
I knew the spot where she sat every day.. and knew the time she arrived. The first day I arrived before her and placed a single red rose in her spot.. I walked on by not wanting to see her reaction to the present. I didn't know whether or not she would suspect it was me or not.. I was hoping that she wouldn't.. cause I knew I would be rejected by her like all the others before. But i just had to let her know how I felt. I couldn't live with myself if i didn't at least try.
Another week passed and she had a new gift every day. One of the gifts being a small crystal angel, because I had this feeling that overcame me everytime I thought about her... I knew she was the angel I had been waiting for my entire life. At the end of the first week, I decided I would ask for a response.. I left a blue blanket with note pinned to it.. the note simply said...
Would you let me hold you as the sun sets
this beautiful evening? It is a dream of mine
and I ask for nothing in return. I see you
every night as i walk by.. If you so choose
spread out the blanket and i will join you...
The hour to her arrival slowly passed and I dreaded what I knew was to come. Knowing that when I walked out on the beach she would not be there. I feared i had scared her away with my forwardness.. I timidly strolled out on the beach and even from a distance I could see her there.. As I walked closer I tried to see whether or not the blanket was beneath her. When I got to her spot.. I saw it there.. spread out beneath her.. She was sitting with her knees to her chest and her arms wrapped around them. She looked up to me and smiled that unbelievable smile of hers.. and tears cames to my eyes. I knelt down behind her and wrapped my arms around her. I held her tight and for the first time in my life I was completely content. I could think of nothing but her. As the sun finally extinguished intself into the deep blue ocean. I leaned over and tenderly placed a light gentle kiss upon her lips. She slightly turned her head to face me and rested it on my shoulder. Then she looked to me with those eyes and then whispered softly.. "It's about time ...... "