Paradise Cove

The warm wet sand oozed between her toes as she slowly meandered along the shoreline deliberately digging her toes deep into the soft dazzlingly white sand as she wadded along the water’s edge. Thankfully the surge of beached jellyfish was over and done for now, she hadn’t seen any in days. They invaded the shoreline every year and she knew the huge sea turtles would come next to dig their nests in the sand and lay their eggs. It was a wondrous sight when their babies all hatched simultaneously and made their way back into the sea with the help of the brightly glowing moon. She loved to watch them as they dug their tiny fins into the sand and dug their way up and out of the nests. Just thinking about them put a smile on her face. It was yet another hot sticky day without a breeze, as so many before had been here on the island. Gazing out over the sea she wondered why they never saw ships float past, never saw any beach goers, no one at all, only each other and the sailors. And, of course, the pirate himself. As she walked, she rubbed her hands over her arms gently to relieve the heat from the hot sun momentarily. It felt to her as if the sun was baking her from the outside inward. Most days she felt just like one of those big turkeys must have felt that the cook used to roast in that huge black oven back home. Her skin was starting to feel about as leathery as those turkeys looked while in that oven too. She wondered if she would ever see home again. She certainly didn't recall much of it after all this time away. Although, she did remember a few things. It was strange the things she was able to recall from her previous life. Like the lavender scent of her mother, the beautiful gardens surrounding the house, the softness of her puppy’s fur. Music, music she missed almost as much as she missed her mother. Here, in this place, she seemed almost always to be alone. Just wondering about the island on her own. Not that there was much to see, in fact, there were very few discoveries to be made here in this place in the middle of the deep blue ocean.