The start and end in water(EN)

Warm waters

It happened in a seaside that I’ve always used to go to. Right from when I was small.

One day I was just lying down on the seaside, sunbathing. That’s when he came.

I didn’t notice how he came, as my eyes were closed. Suddenly I just felt him stand in front of me.

I opened my eyes and there he stood.

„Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you. “He said.

„That’s alright, “I told him „Who are you? “

„My name’s Benny, my friends just call me Ben. “

„Well, hello Ben, “I responded.

That’s how we met.

The weather forecast had warned us about a hurricane. That it can mean very large waves. He just shrugged and gently led me forth.

I knew that it could be dangerous, but his calmness encouraged me.

We walked amongst the seaside. He didn’t talk much. Neither did I. We just walked. I felt like in a flow of water. It was real and right. It still is.

Eventually, when we had been walking there for an hour or so he asked:

“Want to go swimming?”

“But it’s stormy…” I tried to argue,

“Come,” he said calmly.

He took my hand, so I went with him.

We swam in the stormy sea. I wasn’t scared at all. I was relaxed with him. He just is so… trustworthy. One couldn’t doubt in his good personality.

He kept moving deeper in the water with me. I didn’t resist.

Waves kept getting bigger, so eventually we started moving back towards the shore. We were barely at the shore, when the storm really got bad.

The waves were rushing towards him. In that moment I saw him do something that I would have never done. He stopped and smiled towards me, promise in his face.

On the very next moment he was consumed by the waves. I was shocked, but I was pulled away and out of danger.

I had been thinking long about what he thought on that day. I wouldn’t have thought that I would get an answer, but I did.

One day when I was once again at the seaside I was restless. I couldn’t get him out of my head.

Like a revelation he rose out of the waves.

I had nothing to say, but he simply said to me: „Come. “

He took my hand and off we went. Off towards the sea. We became the sea…

End of Chapter
Written on the 23rd of October, 2012