by Akayuri » Wed Dec 03, 2014 6:07 pm
Leija rested hr arms against the rail of her uncle's boat, the Delfina, painted white with a stripe of navy blue. The salty ocean air whipped her dye-faded hair this way and that like purple dying blades of grass in a hurricane. ' Leija' She peered out at the waves as they rose and fell on the surface of the water, mesmerized by the constant yet ever changing motions that tipped the Delfina back and forth, back and forth, over and over again. " Leija" The shriek of the wind against her ears, the crash of one saltwater peak against another before they collapsed together into foam, it was as if the ocean was calling to her through the unspoken language of water and air. " LEIJA!" She finally turned around as one of her cousins, Aaron, yelled her name for the tenth time that day. " Ah-! Y-yes?!" He didn't have to answer, for she had already begun walking into the boat's part-rec room part-kitchen and sat down for lunch. Together with her cousins and Uncle, she sat and quietly listened as the others discussed the day's haul and when they would next return to port. She found her gaze drifting back out the window as she bit into her sandwich and chewed.
║The island bathes in the sun's bright rays║
║Distant hills wear a shroud of grey║
║A lonely breeze whispers in the trees║
║Sole witness to history║
║Fleeting memories rise║
║From the shadows of my mind║
║Sing nonomori - endless corridors║
║Say nonomori - hopeless warriors║
║You were there ║