Exhaling
tightly held breath, a gasp exploded from her lips becoming a ear
shattering scream as his body fell from the heavens. With the force
of a comet he approached the earth, hugging the ground before
extending massive wings and wheeling skyward once again.
Heart leaping from her chest as the
earth receded behind the clouds her scream turned to joyous laughter.
Their breath becoming vapor clouds of warmth in a freezing sky.
Below the sun shone orange gold, above the sky glistened in shades of
blue, from the most brilliant turquoise to the deepest shades of
navy. The silence was deafening. The cold cut through the numbness
of her soul.
She heard a sound, a tiny sound, that
broke through the protective shell she wore. It caught her
attention, pulling her away from the joys of flight. The soft
whisper of a cry grew and grew until it became a vast chorus of
mourning voices.