together

we felt the sand on our skin, the warmth of the Sun,

we tasted the salt on our lips, the water on our tongues,

we pressed our toes into the sand, felt the rush of the waves in our chests,

we shielded our squinting eyes to search in vain for a cloud,

closing them to the white Sun, opening our selves to each other,

and never till this moment had we truly seen 

the sky, 

felt 

the sand, 

tasted 

the salt, or 

heard 

the ocean 

quite so clearly.