Lena
let me wander
with the ones
with the ones
Maneuvering onward and over the water, the youth was proud, determined, content. Even amongst this mist, she’d been galvanized forward, and the rush of her paws meeting the ground seemed to echo and reverberate.
Strange.
Until she glanced up and saw another ivory fox standing before her.
Lena’s nose twitched. So did the mirror image. Her ears turned this way and that. So did the mirror image. Her tail was ruffled by a passing breeze, and by no surprise, so did the mirror image’s bushy filaments.
Hello? she called to it, uncertain what she was staring at. Was there a trick to this bizarre notion?
--
Lena tries to talk to her “twin”.
Strange.
Until she glanced up and saw another ivory fox standing before her.
Lena’s nose twitched. So did the mirror image. Her ears turned this way and that. So did the mirror image. Her tail was ruffled by a passing breeze, and by no surprise, so did the mirror image’s bushy filaments.
Hello? she called to it, uncertain what she was staring at. Was there a trick to this bizarre notion?
--
Lena tries to talk to her “twin”.
who are tangled in stars
and tethered to promise
and tethered to promise
