f l o r e n t i n e THIS IS THE WONDER KEEPING THE STARS APART
The longer the flower girl stood with this boy, the more her nerves awoke and her stomach began to twist with worry for him. There were no words passed between them now, nothing she could say that would break through his haze. Florentine looked to eyes so glazed, that, if she looked just a little closer – not that she dared anymore- then she may see the maelstrom of emotions that churned within them. The dusk girl wonders how much more is being said in the dark of his mind, words, so many, that are likely unable to make it to his tongue. She licks her lips, amethyst eyes trailing over him before she turns to leave. Just as she turns, she pauses, fleetingly wondering whether to say anything, yet her words seem to do little to ease him, if anything she seems to make him worse. An unusual situation for Florentine and one, she is quite sure, she has never had the misfortune to experience before. With a huff, brows raised in bewilderment, the girl disappears into the jungle fo the swamp. One ear remains cocked upon Auru, whilst her attention focuses upon the damp earth. Slowly, carefully, the girl meanders her way through the bog searching. Finally spotting her quarry, Flora slips forwards, petals tumbling around her as her head dips to remove a young shoot. Keenly she turns, returning to the boy who, much to her disappointment still appears to be as mute and shocked as when she left him. In silence she extends the shoot to him and waits. Waits in silence for him to regain some order, waits in silence for the boy to calm enough that he might at last be able to hear anything the has to say. She longs to tell him how the shoot might aid him in relaxing, but she doesn’t, instead she drops the shoot before him and turns, looking out across the swamp, a hind leg cocked as she waits patiently, content for now to watch the swamp life, until the boy is calm enough to join her. @Auru |
★ She is clothed with strength and dignity,
and she laughs without fear of the future ★
