Praia do Camilo, Age 7 (NaPoWriMo Day 13)

Prompt today from https://www.napowrimo.net/ is write about a remembered, cherished landscape. An easy choice for me. I only really have one that sticks out from childhood so much more than any other. When I was 7, I lived in Lagos, Portugal for a year.

Praia do Camilo, Age 7

Rocks cut my feed to shreds.
I didn't care.
The sun crisped and peeled my skin.
I didn't care.
The sea was so big it swallowed my soul.
I was ignored, alone, and I explored.
It is the only place I've ever known peace.

I've never made it back.
Not.
Once.