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Hope you enjoy these three micro tales!
Alas, you salt sea gods
A sorrow-filled salt breeze curls around the house and
pushes at the water where the child-sized boat stands empty upon the water.
Beyond the grand house and manicured lawns a figure in white traces the edge of
the tall cliffs where waves throw themselves to foam against the rocks. Her
feet follows the path worn during long days of worrying and waiting. A gold
locket with two photos polished bright by worried hands. The wedding dress worn
the day before the ship set sail still catches in the salt air every day as she
stands, weeps, and hopes.
Flow My Tears
A mother’s hands are never still. Today they busy themselves
knitting a thick jersey the colour of the sea on a winter’s day. A cold day
like today when foam washes and blows and cover the rocks like snow. When the
mist conceals the great house and the sorrows it holds. A young bride left
alone. A mother worrying and pouring every weeping breath and tear into the
wool that will keep him safe from cold when he returns. If he returns.
The yarn twists and knots like her mind and her aching
heart. A mother’s hands are never still.
Way to Go
The romance of the sea soon made way for fear stretching its
tentacles from the depths of the dark crypt that lie wherever they go. Fiery
drink do little to sway the cold or the loneliness. He dreams of his bride
waiting on the cliffs, guiding the ship safely home. He dreams of his mother
sitting in a chair by the windows; her hands as busy as they always are.
Many miles still stretch between him and home. But a figure
in white and yarn the colour of the sea pulls him away from the crypt and takes
him home.
Here you can have a listen to the songs:
Alas, you salt sea gods by Farrant
Flow my Tears by John Dowland. Here’s a link to the lyrics of the song.
Way to Go by Thieve and Die Heuwels Fantasties
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