Thanks and a Drabble
Happy Valentine's Day to all, and profuse thanks to the anonymous friend who gave me a red rose for my profile page! You are too, too kind!
I wrote a drabble for the current challenge at Black Pearl Sails, the theme of which is certainly not in keeping with the spirit of the day...
~ A Change in the Wind ~
Sinister she was, black, rotting, shrouded in clinging, trailing fog. Sinister, she moved in near silence over the water, gliding into the harbor under the close-clouded sky. She knew they felt her presence: a change in the wind. The gold drew her, as it drew all those aboard.
But she alone sensed another spirit, a Presence here, somewhere in the quiet town. Faint, but still flickering, it was strong enough to remind her of a distant, almost forgotten past, when days were held dear in the search for new horizons. When she embodied not dread, death and darkness, but Freedom.
~.~
I wrote a drabble for the current challenge at Black Pearl Sails, the theme of which is certainly not in keeping with the spirit of the day...
~ A Change in the Wind ~
Sinister she was, black, rotting, shrouded in clinging, trailing fog. Sinister, she moved in near silence over the water, gliding into the harbor under the close-clouded sky. She knew they felt her presence: a change in the wind. The gold drew her, as it drew all those aboard.
But she alone sensed another spirit, a Presence here, somewhere in the quiet town. Faint, but still flickering, it was strong enough to remind her of a distant, almost forgotten past, when days were held dear in the search for new horizons. When she embodied not dread, death and darkness, but Freedom.
~.~