For "MARY", a guest at my B & B

She swam into my life like a slithering snake on a log; rolling into our sea when the sun had barely crested the horizon. Alone with nature, this woman strutted her stuff with the elements of our environment, bathing in its natural beauty like an overture in motion.

The short day that she was here changed the fine tuning of my mind and sealed its fate to a euphoric feeling of instant gratification. The sea is now more friendly, the natural habitat more open to the sound of my own feet and all's sweeter because she came, she shared, she swept away any doubts or preconceived ideas one had of a stranger.

Because of her, there is no such thing as a stranger anymore.