Serenity
Gentle, Electric Unfolding
After the plates were cleared and the last crumbs of pineapple pie were brushed from the table, the group drifted toward the pool. The high afternoon sun was warm and salted from the sea, and the water shimmered like glass.
At the bottom of the pool, a mosaic of sea turtles stretched across the tiles—green shells caught in perpetual motion. As the friends slipped into the water, the turtles seemed to swim with them, their shape