27 F4A #new jersey or #online - summer might have begun, but am i sensing the beginning of something else beautiful, too?

we walk through the dimly lit forest, the morning sun just beginning to filter through the dense treetops, the smallest faints of blue visible above our heads. trying to hold hands, but one of us keeps consistently dropping it as we maneuver through thick brush, but never failing to grab it again. after we reach a clearing we take a brief pause, look at the field of flowers in front of us and take long deep breaths of the clear, fresh air, filling our lungs as best we can while being absolutely enamored by the breathtaking view of where our hike has brought us.

footprints behind, shells ahead. i pick up one and put it in your pocket to bring home. the crisp ocean lapping at our feet as we stroll along the pin-straight shoreline. legs chafed, hair windblown, but cares left at home. the sweet smells of funnel cake, cool ice cream, and homemade pizza waft towards us from the boardwalk, beckoning us, yet the sea breeze blows coolly over the water, crashing wave after wave, welcoming us for a quick dip. you look at me, pushing my hair behind my ear and ask whether i'd rather swim a few more minutes or finally grab lunch.

both windows in the front seat are down, whipping my air in my face and causing old receipts and straw wrappers to blow around the floor of the car. you've got one hand on my leg and one on the wheel. the radio's at full blast, bass rattling the frame of the car and pummeling neighborhood's long asleep as we drive the winding curved roads in the wee hours, seemingly chasing the moon in hot pursuit. the stars lay ahead in a spattering of light, forming constellations we know and many we don't know yet.

hey. i'm just a girl. hopeless romantic. nihilist, absurdist, with some glimmers of hope left deep within. i hope you are close to my age and close to me location-wise. i don't mind your gender. i hope you have a degree, a job, your own place to live. i hope you are creative, love life, always want more. i hope you think, are calm, patient, and conscious of your feelings. i hope you can talk to me, about anything and everything, deeply and with understanding. i hope you're curious about me, listen to me, and want to help me. let's make the above reality.