Her glowing skin, in tones of the pale desert sand. The curves of her body smooth, sloping, soft, and warm just as the bright dunes when the sun reaches its zenith each day. I wanted to get close to her and sink into her peace, as one does when they walk through the vastness of nature. Yet just as the light of the stars we see often only reaches our eyes after the stars are long dead, my understanding of what she is to me came long after opportunity left. I still choose to stare into the memories with awe from the cold concrete streets of the new everyday. She stands in contrast, vibrant and breathtaking against what I never knew was monochrome.