“Then take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow”

She meandered across the empty sea-side carpark in the dark with her wine bottle in hand, the edges of her sillouette glowed against the moon. The sound of her abrupt laughter made me jump a little, the sound was harsh but not terrible, it just filled the empty space so suddenly without any warning.

“What was so funny?” I mused, more to myself than to her. I suspected the sound of the ocean would muffle my inquiry too greatly in any case.

“You’d never guess, and I’ll never tell” she said it with such a smile that I could hear it in her voice.

She’d paused at the top of the stairs that led down to the sand. Looking up, her toes were over the lip of the top step. Her dress flattened around her figure as the wind blew in from the ocean, and the flowing fabric danced in the darkness behind her. I approached her quietly, but I could sense that she knew I was there. She didn’t falter though. Her eyes were fixed on the universe above us. Her face seemed pale, but her eyes were alight with life, her breathing was soft, the aroma of the red wine mingled with the salt air.

She was beautiful. She was beautifully allusive.

She looked at me, and smiled. Her teeth were straight and her skin was clear. She had a simple face. She turned away before I could smile back, and she rushed down the stairs.

[...Unfinished]