Hard on the Knees

The terracotta tiles were still warm. They enveloped the deep shadows cast by the pillars on the balcony; making them glow with the intensity of an oil painting. Above the picture shone the quintessential full moon wrapped in the floating wisps of passing clouds.

The man below the balcony completed the scene. Dashing in his Navy uniform, he blended into the canvas of my eye with surprising ease. Following his progress from my vantage point in the shadows of the balcony; I leaned over the little pillars, sighing with as much pleasure over the aesthetic effect as over the man himself.

.. Next thing you know, there I was on the ground beneath. And that, my friends, is how you fall for a man in style :) These stunts are not to be tried at home, by the way.