two become one

The weather was overcast all day in Anchorage. Gabrielle had walked the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail from Point Woronzof Park to downtown. As her walk came to an end, the closer she got back to the Point, she noticed a break in the clouds just above the horizon. Sunset was twenty minutes away! Gabrielle was thrilled. The sun was still behind the clouds, but she walked down to the beach knowing it’ll be an amazing sunset! If you know, you know. The more clouds in the sky when the sun hovers over the horizon, the most beautiful setting it’ll be. There she is sitting on a rock and waiting for the sun to set. Out of her peripheral was a man about 100 feet away. Gabrielle waited patiently with her camera ready, focused on not missing the moment. Behind her was a party tent with music playing. This man, along the waterside, had walked behind her to the other side. Giving a respectful amount of space between each other. Gabrielle sat and waited longer. Holding her phone she watching this man walk to the other side of her again. The sun came beaming from under