Land and Sea - Short Story

She cries a lot. For a couple so compatible and similar, this is one defining opposite they dance around. He hasn’t experienced the watery release nature has divinely blessed a human being with since he was a child; a native to the dry land and the ground beneath.

He encompasses the hard exterior, the solid foundations of the earth. When he moves there are chasms, edges and holes. The earth shakes in response.

But she was born by the sea and is constantly accompanied by the sound of the waves in her soul and allows her body to spring sea-salt tears and revel in their fluidity.

When there’s a wide expanse of dry soil in his soul, sometimes he would call for her water and bring forth her tears so she can wash him clean. He would allow his land to become soft and hydrated whilst she relishes his warm touch. 

When she is affected by the gathering clouds, he fears her waves. During the approaching storm and high tide, he hides from her blustery nature of wind, currents and change.

Yet she knows he is the foundation to the changes she encompasses, he is the sand to her ocean. And in her depths, she also embodies his stillness. 

She knows that together they bring forth life.