Dawn by the Ocean

A few years ago when my family took a trip to the Virginia coast we stayed in a hotel by the beach for a few days. Personally I thought the trip was alright, nothing amazing about the beach or the hotel but the last day I was there I looked out the hotel patio to see the sun rising over the ocean. It is hard for me to explain my exact feelings in this moment, but I was filled with emotion, the suns brilliant light shining over the ocean and the beach looked beautiful to me, and I just stared out over the ocean for awhile taking in this sight. I could smell the ocean salt, but the air felt pure and undaunted and opened my usually allergy clouded nostrils. It wasn't as if I hadn't seen a dawn over the ocean but this one in particular was much more spectacular than the others. The trip that week was also close to when school started so I also had to look back to the memories of the previous year and to look forward to the upcoming year. The view also reminded me of the vastness of that ocean and the fact that I may never experience that same beautiful dawn ever again, but each time the sun rises over the horizon I think about that morning dawn by the ocean.