Walk in the clouds

I usually can never write when I am down in the dumps. But today I will make an exception, just bcoz I want to share it.
After all these days of musing and thinking of doing it, I did finally make it out of the door and all the way to the park by myself. If anything, I was able to lose my way on an almost perfectly straight road. But I made it in time for sunset. There are a lot of people there on any evening, old and young couples alike, a lot of pet-lovers walking their dogs - golden retrievers, pooches, and I wouldn't even recognize the rest of the breeds, a lot of joggers, a lot of walkers, and some strollers like me.
Its a curving road, sometimes taking you very near to the rocks and the water beyond it (I will from now on refer to the "water" as the "sea"), and sometimes totally hiding it from view. But its more or less open with few trees strewn about. I can tell you the time when I reached there and the time that I found my way back, but time loses its meaning sometimes and let this be one of those.
The sun was just starting to move closer to the distant hills from the sky, and the sparkling golden rays made an amazing spread over the sea waves. The water was lashing on the rocks, it must have been high tide because the some-feet-wide beach I had seen some days back had disappeared. I followed the road till all that lay between me and the sunset was the blue sea. And then I followed a small rock strewn trail, which took you off the path but kept you just above the rocks....... made probably by lots of feet....... which had felt that walking so near to the sea was so much more inviting.
There I sat down on this wooden, falling-apart bench. The sun had almost begun to hide behind the hills. Behind me was the space needle, and far to the left was Mt.Rainier ..... imagine a sole snow covered ice-peak pink in the hues of the evening sun. Right in front of me was the water lapping up the rocks, now a shade a dark blue, and then a shade of dark green. My companions were a lady-bird, the sound of water hitting the rocks and a bird crying in the distance. Ofcourse there were people crossing behind me, talking, ..... but for those few moments that the sun actually bade goodbye to the daisies all around me, everything was muffled.

It is one of those moments that are best enjoyed alone or in silence because any sound would have spoiled the effect. And it is one of those moments that make you feel blessed.

I felt, understood and loved the calming effect of the water, ...... nature........ and all in only one deep breath.