07-31-2017, 12:03 PM
Hazel eyes tilted between the trees [i]head held high upon the elegant curve of her neck. It had been months since the mare had made her presence known in the woodland kingdom, but tides were changing. She was certain of this. Malice had risen in her belly, pushing at her ribs as though it were crawling out of her. Long since the days where she felt safe... Long since the days where she had come here.[/i]
She stood now, dappled sides heaving with the weight of her own pain. Quietly she wished for whatever it was that was eating at her to just consume her. Quietly in the forest, it would be quick. Though she allowed these feelings to wash over her she fought back with the happiness rooted deep within the marrow of her bones.
Longer had the happy days been there, longer had the smiles, and tilted laughs of her children existed. She would overcome this spell in time, but now she allowed the emotions to clash quietly in the peace of the redwood giants. Her body wearing down with the gnawing of it all.The fitful silence of her thinking was growing, blocking out all signs of the outside world.
In its own way, the night time here was peaceful, blankets of black broken up by lightning bugs or twinkling stars. The night time wrapped her in its embrace, breaking the silence with the hum of the trees, the croak of the frogs, and the quiet song of crickets.
A smile worked its way unto her cracked lips, despite the Taiga's quiet changes she was happy deep down.
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