She watches the ocean in silence. It always invokes a sense
of longing in her. If only she knew what for. It’s a familiar restlessness that
rises in her chest and falls with the rhythmic beating of her heart. It’s not
painful, but she winces a little inside with the tide of emotions surging and
abating with precision. If only she could deduct the reason for it, she would
wrap this up neatly within a moment’s notice. Was it the call of a faraway
land. Was it the willingness to seek anonymity in an unknown crowd. Was it the emptiness
of unaccustomed feelings. Was it the inevitable numbness that follows a short
lived excitement.
