my sea

by amanda santiago (Brazil)

I didn't expect to find Brazil

It was 8 years away from the salt of the sea, this summer would be at the reunion, I stayed two days on the road and finally I was close, through the window of the car I saw the blue line that joined the shades of the sky and it was something indescribable. I dived into the sea to wash my soul, and in front of me was the most beautiful being of that place,I didn't expect to find love he had a greenish blue sea in his eyes, soon he smiled and I imagined myself surfing the waves that he caused me, his hair was long and blonde. I went back to the beach for the next few days and did not see him, the sky was cloudy, the sea was furious and I understood him, something was missing. the week I would leave I met him, he smiled again at me and that was when it all started, my last days were drinks turned to the edge of the sea, we watched the sun go down together, it was a connection of other lives. His skin became my favorite quilt, his laughter is the music I would put on constant replay. It's a year since our farewell, a year that he reminds me that the sea was our sponsor, And every night before I hang up the phone he says, the same moon I see you see, so look up at the sky and think of me, I'm thinking of you. I miss you, I can't wait to dive into you, my sea.