Snapshot

I stared out

At the Adriatic

In a trance

Breathless

The sea's wealth of

Emeralds, sapphires, diamonds

Multifaceted

True jewels shimmering

In the midday light before me

Kissed

By the golden rays

Of the sun

I, along with the other

Backpacked foreigners,

Quietly sat

Taking in its beauty

Words can do it no justice

Maybe, diminish it somehow

Time and we

Stood still

While sailboats floated

Gracefully by

Fragile in the distance

I wanted to take a picture

A memento

Of this place

On this wall

Lovingly preserved

For over eight hundred years

But I couldn't

It wouldn't be the same

Instead, I captured the essence

The oneness

The serenity

Snapshot

Eternal in my memory

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