Inspired by Incoming Tide, Laguna Beach by Calvin Liang
Marian Tolles
Remembering Laguna
It’s good sometimes to walk along this old familiar shore, our kingdom in those halcyon days when we were kings and queens of summer. Memories come flooding back – Nights lit by campfires, hearts with laughter. Ukuleles strumming, we knew all the songs. First loves, ephemeral as sandcastles washing away on rogue waves, moonlight skipping on the surface of the sea. Have I reached the rocky point so soon? I must hurry here, waste no more time in idle dreams, for I remember well that once the tide comes in you can’t get back again. u
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