I ONCE MET A BROKEN SUNSET
ridiculously beautiful and alone
ridiculously beautiful and alone
Before the island collapses, Aion is ready to run.
Every part of it makes his skin crawl, from its too-white beaches to its too-dark forest. Once he might have marveled at the magic that creates bobbing lights at night and shadows that take the shape of animals during the day.
But not now. Now he only sees something that he does not understand, something that he cannot trust. “Maret!” His tone is harsher than he means it to be, but she comes to him at once, with her wide eyes and gangly legs. “It’s time to go, little one.”
It’s early still, but Aion has no interest in waiting to see what the island has planned. He nuzzles his daughter until she stands close beside him, wrapping one golden wing around her small frame. And then they begin to run, and even though he knows she’s tired he encourages her to go faster, faster, faster.
And while they cross the twisted bridge, while he guides her around the pieces that slough off like scales and leave potholes behind, he begins to tell her a story. Of a time when the sun came down to earth, just to see what it was like, and left sunflowers behind when it left.
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Every part of it makes his skin crawl, from its too-white beaches to its too-dark forest. Once he might have marveled at the magic that creates bobbing lights at night and shadows that take the shape of animals during the day.
But not now. Now he only sees something that he does not understand, something that he cannot trust. “Maret!” His tone is harsher than he means it to be, but she comes to him at once, with her wide eyes and gangly legs. “It’s time to go, little one.”
It’s early still, but Aion has no interest in waiting to see what the island has planned. He nuzzles his daughter until she stands close beside him, wrapping one golden wing around her small frame. And then they begin to run, and even though he knows she’s tired he encourages her to go faster, faster, faster.
And while they cross the twisted bridge, while he guides her around the pieces that slough off like scales and leave potholes behind, he begins to tell her a story. Of a time when the sun came down to earth, just to see what it was like, and left sunflowers behind when it left.
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