He stood on the deck of his ship looking landwards thinking about the lady he left back on the shores. Though his heart, his love belonged to the sea, he couldn’t shake off the thought of her.
The sea was his home, it was the place he belonged. He was married to it and had taken her as his bride. But why oh why was this gentle lady on his mind, occupying the space meant for thoughts of the sea.
He knew she was a fine girl, and a good wife she would make, but his heart belonged to the sea. This made his thoughts perplexing. He had seen many a beautiful maidens where he made port, came ashore, but here he was standing with an aching longing, a feeling he couldn’t describe, that took him by surprise. His heart longed for her and all he could do is think about her. Like she had taken over his mind.
A few miles away, she stood on the deck of her home looking seawards towards the man that she had just seen off. He came like a breath of fresh air and stole her heart.
She knew very well that his heart, his love belonged to the sea, but somehow she lost hers to him. He had warned her against it but she couldn’t help feeling drawn to him. Like a moth to the flame, she felt drawn to him, attracted to him.
She knew that whenever he came ashore, he would come bearing the finest gifts from distant shores but the only gift that she wanted was him, his touch, his feel, his smell. She wanted to feel his presence next to her. Though she knew she could never have his heart, but couldn’t stop herself from loosing hers.
Though his ship may have just sailed to sea she prayed that he would comeback to shore, comeback to her. She tasted the saltiness of her tears, as it rolled down her cheeks, wondering if he too was tasting her tears in the saltiness of the sea breeze that caressed his face. She felt envious of the sea breeze, a burning jealousy, at least it had the opportunity of touching his sweet face.
She stood there all wrapped in his thoughts, with tears gently streaming down her face. She knew he was sailing somewhere, but he would be back someday, but she couldn’t shake off the feeling, no matter how hard she tried.
They were two people drawn to each other, slowly falling in love with each other, no matter how they tried not to. Their hearts yearned for each other even though the sea came in between them. They were two lovers falling in love and didn’t know know how. They didn’t know that they had already embarked on a voyage called love.
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