The Healing

This time life had got the best of her. She couldn't take all of the turmoil that was thrown at her in all directions. She looked at him with tears streaming down her face and said, "I have to." He knew what she had meant. She needed to get away. She would break before she even got her hands on the laptop to make the reservation. He knew he wasn't able to heal her this time and he knew the only thing that could was the salty air of the eastern coast. He got her packed and made the reservation. Handing her the barely used credit card, he looked into her reddened eyes and wanted nothing more than to have the pain removed from the beautiful blue eyes that stared blankly back at him. Half heartedly she let her lips come to his and let herself get wrapped in the arms that soothed her for years. With that and a small wave she was out of the driveway and on her long journey. She made it down to the ocean kissed shore in record time. The rain had started just outside of her home state and continued down here. She didn't mind though, like the ocean she was cleansing herself. After settling in she walked the desolate beach and let the rain sweep over her. She sat memorized in the beauty the rain had brought with it. She let the tantalizing drops make contact with her skin making every hair stand erect. With her elbows to her knees and her face to her palms she let the gentle storm cleanse her soul and allowed herself to breakdown. The salty tears poured over the rims of her reddened eyelids, allowing her to release all of her anguish and despair.  She took too much this time and let herself reach past her breaking point. She stayed in the same spot until the lighthouse, that stood proudly at the point of the jetty rocks, beckoned the ships into port. Drained she fell into a deep slumber in the sand dusted hotel room. The next morning brought with it a sparkling new world. Her appearance mimicked the new world that the rain had transformed. She let the sunlight warm her skin and encase her in an ora of new found beauty. She never could explain how the salty air was able to heal her broken soul, she knew that it was the only way to put her broken pieces back together.