The Beating...

The speeding feet in the pounding rain. The perpetual beat of a heart. Pounding blood. There is a cave in my heart.
Stepping out of the rain, into the shadows, the noise transitions from the wash of the cloudburst to the flow of your anxious blood. Then to the pounding of your heart. It's so loud. Terrifying, yet trusted.
The roar is overwhelmed by the beating. The beating of dark membranes. You have disturbed them. You are enveloped by their plethora of leather-silk wings.
Neither bird nor beast, the ostracized. Bats. After they have settled, you see the moonlight reflected in two tapetums. The truth in those eyes, is it familiar to you? Or should you be frightened? How many lives has this creature lived?
Come in, friend. Step closer, enemy. You were washed by the rain, rinsed by the darkness, dried by the wings, and clothed. By a purpose.
Am I a panther? Am I the dusk?

THE PLAN for Labels

CHARACTERS are influential people in my tales.
BROWN is tales from a span of ages.
WHITE is tales from age 0-7.
RED is tales from age 8-14.
ORANGE is tales from age 14-21.
YELLOW is tales from age 22-28.
GREEN is tales from age 29-35.
BLUE is tales from age 36-42.
INDIGO is tales from age 43-49.
PURPLE is tales from age 50-56.
BLACK is tales from age 57-63.
Grey is an insight into how these tales may be affecting me.

Labels

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Porcelain

Porcelain. Fragile looking, but deceptively strong.

She came down to Arizona from Washington. At first, we were all too intimidated by her beauty to approach her. In fact, if her mother-in-law hadn't told my girlfriend at the time that their friendship was inevitable, Glass would never have talked to her. But, intrigued by such a challenge in that statement, she spoke to Porcelain. They've been close friends ever since.

She's petite in size, blond-haired and blue-eyed, and has the features of a "Lord of the Rings" elf.

Up until our visit in Feb '08, I only liked her because she was my wife's friend. Our stay as guests in her and her husband's home enlightened me. It's funny how sometimes when you don't get along with someone, it's because you have a lot in common.

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