What Makes Me Think of You

I was on vacation with family, it was sunny, warm, and the air felt so soft. The water was crystal clear, you could see the fish swimming through water. The cabin was amazing, it had an old style look to it. With a broken paddle boat chained to the ceiling. I unpacked my things and helped blow up the tubes for swimming. The water just felt so smooth to the touch, it was almost like swimming through nothing at all. I watched the waves collect seashells and push the floating logs onto the grass. There were long stairs leading to the water from the cabin. By the time you made it back up stairs, you were in desperate need of oxygen. The first day we spent shopping for food and unpacked, but waking up the next morning to have an entire fridge full was worth it.

That next morning I rolled out of bed with the warmth of the sun glistening on my skin. The blankets weighing down on my legs. I was immediately drawn to the water. I was just sitting there in my pjs watching the settling waves hit the pole holding the dock up. Sitting there listening to the birds chirp from tree to tree. Feeling that light breeze brush over my skin. That was one of the moments that you remember for the rest of your life, so calm, so beautiful. Later that day I spent in the boat, pulling the tubes into the crashing waves. The sky began to dim, so we docked the boat and walked up those stairs. We all were out of breath and had to sit down for a while. We sat at a table on the deck, staring over that dock.

We all listened to music, played some cards until it was time. We pulled the flares out from the boat. I was so confused until my dad handed me a flare and told me to go to the water. The entire lake started to glow. Every house had lite flares in their yard by the water. The whole lake shimmered, but that was nothing until the lake residents started launching off fireworks. The sound of the fireworks didn't even compare to the people yelling from the shores and boats that lined the lake. I had never seen anything like it. I ran to the deck with a blanket and just watched this unimaginable event roll over the next hour. I wish you were there. At the end of the day, sitting on the dock as people continued to light flares across the water, watching the reflection becomes brighter and brighter, hearing the delayed blast of colors invading the entire sky.

And that is what made me think of you.