It was a beautiful, hot and sunny day in a small town on the Gulf coast. I had decided to spend some time at a small amusement park about two blocks from the condo while my friends went into town to do a little shopping. When I got there I played a game of putt-putt with some people I had just met and then walked around the park playing a few games and looking at all the different faces.
After a couple of hours I'd seen almost all areas of the park except for the maze. In one corner of the park there was a maze made of tall dark green hedges. The walls were about 6 feet tall and so thick you couldn't see through them. As I walked toward the entrance of the maze, there she was! I had seen her earlier, laughing with some friends. She was wearing a cotton summer dress with buttons all the way down the front and thin straps over the shoulders. Her hair was brown and shoulder length and she looked to be in her mid to late 30s. As she turned away from her friends our eyes met, her smile gave me a feeling that I had never felt before.
I lost her in the crowd earlier and now there she was going into the maze. I waited a minute and entered the maze behind her. The clouds in the sky were getting a little darker and the wind blowing off the water had picked up. I could hear the sound of thunder off in the distance and a light rain had begun to fall. I could hear the sounds of people trying to find their way back out of the maze as the rain began to fall a little harder. I worked my way deeper into the maze trying to find her. Finally, I was in the center of the maze. It was a small clearing of soft green grass, with a small table and bench and a large water fountain along with a statue of a man and woman kissing passionately. The embrace the couple held was so tight it caught my eye and held it for a moment... and there she was, staring at the statue in the pouring rain. The park was about empty by then; the only sound I could hear was that of the rain.