"i remember you peeled your shoes off and tossed them behind you,
barefoot, running through the scalding sand with arms outstretched to greet the wind.
you threw your head back in delight and spun a quick twirl, teetering back and forth on your toes.
you beckoned me then, the wildest, the most liberated grin stretching across your face.
your curls hung soft and pretty over your dark eyelashes, your t shirt sat lopsided over your shoulders, and you,
you were dancing in the sand, trying your hardest not to get burned.
i chuckled at you, i told you to go out and run your fingers through the ocean, dip your feet in, make the edge of the earth your own.
and so you did. 
and all i could do was watch from afar.
smiling to myself,
wondering how on earth i was so lucky to get a chance to love you."

"For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you."