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| Photo by Julia M. D'June |
"Do you miss me?" his voice echoes across the landing.
"Yes," she replied, stirring in the darkness. For all rights she should be fast asleep awash in the slumber of the content, dreaming of far-off lands and happy endings.
Moments upon hours since she lay nestled on the feather bed covered in her grandma's quilt. His breathless voice at the top of the stairs, "do you miss me?"
Turning towards him, her hand on his warm chest, he was not there. He had never been there. Trickery flirted with her heart.
Desire wild, impetuous. The doves cooed.
She rolled back towards her side of the bed, put her hands in her face and wept.
"I miss you," she wailed to the bedroom walls as the passing spirit dug a drift into her heart.
"Yes," she replied, stirring in the darkness. For all rights she should be fast asleep awash in the slumber of the content, dreaming of far-off lands and happy endings.
Moments upon hours since she lay nestled on the feather bed covered in her grandma's quilt. His breathless voice at the top of the stairs, "do you miss me?"
Turning towards him, her hand on his warm chest, he was not there. He had never been there. Trickery flirted with her heart.
Desire wild, impetuous. The doves cooed.
She rolled back towards her side of the bed, put her hands in her face and wept.
"I miss you," she wailed to the bedroom walls as the passing spirit dug a drift into her heart.
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