You are alone at the top of the bluff. The distant dawn creeps up over the edge of the cliff, illuminating the meadow in a misty morning haze. The low, thorny bramble bushes and swaying sea grasses of green and gold are draped in a many-hued glow. The sun lifts over the sea, slowly but certainly, sharpening the light and revealing layers of emerald and amber and fiery scarlet as every season, every story converges on this place.
You've slept here, on this rock-altar, coddled by the far-off rumble of the waves, insistent and crashing at twilight as the tide pressed forward, but meeker now as morning takes hold and the waters recede.
A twig snaps in a glade of birch trees. You turn. Is that a shadow concealed in the wood? A deer? A man? A ghost?
The sea breeze, salty and pure and whispering, fills your lungs and mind with memories you haven't formed yet. You inhale deeply. The yellow wood lilies at the edge of the forest beckon you back to the path in the woods, back through the pines, back to your old life.
You wonder how long you've been here, and worry how you'll get home.
Another breath, deeper now, and your anxious heart slows again. You are not alone. Many have disappeared down this path, struggled, and found their way home again. Many stories surround you.
Perhaps you will linger here atop the bec awhile longer, lying on your back and tracing the sun's path against the sky, and waiting, watching, listening, hoping for the return of the distant tide.
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