Innocence

A quiet October night, the wind blew gracefully through the air. She walked across the beach whispering a tune of sadness. I watched her from the porch, loving the way the wind blew softly through her hair, sparkling long hair. Then I walked to the bedroom and laid down to rest my aching body from my daily work. She was still wandering about the beach when I went to sleep.
In the morning I awaken from my rest and she was standing on the porch. I walked out, there was total silence for a moment, though she greeted me with a kiss, and ran on the beach like a child playing in the fresh breathes of the morning air. I wondered where she was, in this world of her own? Then I walked back in the beach house and fell fast asleep.
I was dreaming that I was in a place with beautiful articles that were shining, then into darkness, and I saw her dead. I woke quickly to the sensation of her running her fingers through my hair affectionately, but she never said a word. She rubbed my back soothingly and I touched her pretty face with my rough manly hand, she pushed me away and ran to the beach. I looked from the window, she was running with tear drops running down her cheeks. That hurt me, but why did I feel pain for her childish behavior? I was getting nervous over something, but what was it, what was the key to her sadness.
The morning came, it was a warm daybreak, the sun reflected on the ocean like two lovers in love. I ran down on the beach searching for her, she was nowhere in sight. Then I saw her by the rocks, and ran to her in excitement. She looked at me and I at her, then we walked slowly to the house. I tried to talk but she didn’t say a word. She took off her pink blouse, and then her pants, in silence. I grabbed her in my arms and we collapsed on the bed. Making love all night. I awoke with dust on my bed and the smell of the city. Where was I, I questioned myself. Then I walked down the stairs with tears in my eyes. The wind cool on my face as I looked from the window. I fell fast asleep never to awaken in this lifetime again.

Theodore Arthur Pinnock
Age 12