Last run. Sharp puffs of breath. Church bells at my back like a breeze. Nine miles, nine graveyards. Fire station, the lighthouse. The beach where three daughters held a memorial for the last member of the Mother’s Club.
An island is a mother.
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Docks hauled up for winter. Shuttered cottages. The boathouse where my kayak sleeps. Bears in hibernation.
Listen and you hear builders hammering a deck, a lobster boat idling at the wharf, the silence. Ghosts of summer.
An island is a memory.
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I run in search of self and always, I find peace.
An island is a gift.
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this microstory is the second in the island hopping series
I ditto what you all comment upon, and more...the slightness and beauty of your world in words. An art!
Loved this!