Post by shade on Dec 9, 2009 23:19:02 GMT -6
Shade was perched in a tree in the park, stretched out between two ideal branches. It was night, the canopy of stars encircling her in a tapestry of silver light across a navy canvas. She felt like a young child, peering through a blanket-covered fort through tattered holes into a world beyond what her eyes could see. It was humbling; for she really felt like a child once again, peering through the holes in her fort. Only this time, she didn't know what lay beyond the sheltered walls.
Shade directed her somber gaze at a small path winding through tangles of thick grass. Someone approached, and she melted back into the shadows of the tree branches. It was dark, not a single ray of sunlight able to crawl over the horizon and back into the world. The Earth was cast in darkness, which was just the way Shade liked it. She sometimes wondered if she was a depressing person, but each time she thought about it she simply decided that she was just a person who wanted to understand the way that the world worked. And for that, one needed silence.
Shade directed her somber gaze at a small path winding through tangles of thick grass. Someone approached, and she melted back into the shadows of the tree branches. It was dark, not a single ray of sunlight able to crawl over the horizon and back into the world. The Earth was cast in darkness, which was just the way Shade liked it. She sometimes wondered if she was a depressing person, but each time she thought about it she simply decided that she was just a person who wanted to understand the way that the world worked. And for that, one needed silence.