Month: June 2022

…Mother frantically patched the holes in the walls of our hut through her laughter and smiles.  I moved to help her before the rains made their way here. She saw me and her eyes dropped with a slight sadness I did not expect, but she kept to her work, still smiling.  We tore strips of my tiny old clothes and tied them together to use as ropes to hold the fallen sides together. She worked on the inside and I worked on the outside.

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…I followed the current through the air and over the withering treetops, and sang to the egg to guide the way.  Dry paths of sunken ground wove throughout the forest. The yellow waves of the current led me to the patch of acacia trees I saw earlier. As I closed in, I saw the peaks of the Mer keys sparkling in our hot star’s rays that found their way through the clouds. What remained of a stream led to a drained riverbed.  The overgrown trees hid the bottoms of the keys. What a desolate place. It only needed water, like the rest of the land.

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…Down I drifted into the clouds. They yielded eagerly to the will of my wings. The underside of the clouds pouted, dark and heavy with rain that would not fall into Sleep.
After I floated down and out of the clouds, I turned my focus to the ground. I saw around me clearly, but my eyes remained shut. I focused on our hut as I descended.

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…I came to as I crashed into the Edge. It took all my strength to move. The Edge thickened each time I tried. Warmth seeped into my skin. I stopped fighting and let my arms and legs rest.  I resisted the urge to open my eyes. Instead, I curled up inside my wings.  A strange comfort gripped me. A dangerous comfort.

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