Lena
// what is to give light must endure burning //
And so her anxieties festered too; and she placed them against her spine and her ribcage, where they could be pushed aside for something greater and grander than the sum of fears. “We’ll find some ways,” she assured, because their efforts had to mean something. Determination. Renewal. In the space of all these quandaries, traumas, trials, and tribulations, they couldn’t have fought so hard for nothing.
She wouldn’t even let the glimmer of the void vipers nearby – resting amongst the shade – sully the evening. “See how many constellations you can name,” she honored and distracted instead, taking another portion of cheese, remembering promises and what was much harder to keep – beginning to outline the first one she saw to him, finger tracing the ramparts in the air. Because they’d always have this to fall back on – if nothing else at all.
[FIN]
She wouldn’t even let the glimmer of the void vipers nearby – resting amongst the shade – sully the evening. “See how many constellations you can name,” she honored and distracted instead, taking another portion of cheese, remembering promises and what was much harder to keep – beginning to outline the first one she saw to him, finger tracing the ramparts in the air. Because they’d always have this to fall back on – if nothing else at all.
[FIN]
