Lena
even when no one was looking
I was still kind
I was still kind
The Celestine represented so many things to Lena – care, mending, tending, soothing, and assuaging, not only for the animals, but for herself. A routine, a structure, a tendency towards striving in determination, in ensuring someone out there, no matter how small, was taken care of. Dedication to her craft, to the things that bolstered her away from melancholy and strife, that ensured her mind wasn’t cloaked in dastardly wakes or separations or where the earth shook and broke and cracked. She’d been appointed here, and so she would stay, bowing her head to nature and its sway.
She closed the gate of the small unicorn herd, securing it neatly before placing the basket of remedies down so she might firmly latch the enclosure. And outcry called over the ramparts though, and she glanced over her shoulder to see Koa appearing – seemingly out of the ether – and she took a shaking breath, felt it rattle and course through her lungs, before claiming a smile over her features. “Hey – how have you been?” Not where, because perhaps it was none of her business, but gods, so much had occurred –
Double-checking the quarters, she didn’t expect the donuts, nor the inquiry, but nodded just the same. “Sure. There’s a couple benches over here,” and she pointed towards another set of the metal-lined vessels, closer to her next venture and stop amidst a more forest-laden portion.
She closed the gate of the small unicorn herd, securing it neatly before placing the basket of remedies down so she might firmly latch the enclosure. And outcry called over the ramparts though, and she glanced over her shoulder to see Koa appearing – seemingly out of the ether – and she took a shaking breath, felt it rattle and course through her lungs, before claiming a smile over her features. “Hey – how have you been?” Not where, because perhaps it was none of her business, but gods, so much had occurred –
Double-checking the quarters, she didn’t expect the donuts, nor the inquiry, but nodded just the same. “Sure. There’s a couple benches over here,” and she pointed towards another set of the metal-lined vessels, closer to her next venture and stop amidst a more forest-laden portion.
with all of my heart
even when it is invisible
even when it is invisible
