Night was all around , a great midnight velvet fog, enveloping me with its cool softness. I moved slowly, my feet gliding on moss covered pathways through the darkness. My eyes searched out ahead,the light of the moon falling on the ghostly trees , making them appear wicked and haunting. The quiet sounds of night's creatures, whisper all around me, echoing a secret, they will not share with me. I shiver yet continue on my journey. My heart and soul urge me forward. I am not sure of the direction I should take, yet I know you are there, in the darkness, waiting for me. The path is narrow now, and clouds hide the beams of moonlight from my eyes, darkness so deep, I can no longer see...I follow a familar scent in the air, I see.. without seeing.. your little boy smile. Quickening heartbeats send my feet ever faster along the pathway. I stumble and feel myself falling, I reach out, hands grasping at the wicked limbs that confine me. A sickening terror overcomes me. I call out...my trembling voice echoing through the darkness, coming back to mock me. I know you are gone. My soul aches with an unspeakable loss. I am forever changed.
I am alone. |
