In Stride
I wrote this for a friend. It’s a love story.
In Stride By Jessica Rounds
Once upon a time, two brave souls embarked on a treacherous trek with others to reach the summit of their land. They believed from that peak, they would see all the things that had seemed unknowable to them.
From the bottom, where they were, the peak appeared impossibly high. But they disregarded the overwhelming distance between themselves and their destination, and set forth.
In no time, the two defeated any semblance of a daily grind by keeping each other thoroughly entertained. She listened with fascination to his stories about the creatures from his native land, taking in the whole of him. Those facial expressions sent her howling with laughter, clutching her stomach for fear she would die of delight. He found such laughter contagious and her big eyes disarming. “Oh Lord,” he thought to himself. “Who is this girl?”