An Answer for My Question

by emma jo_234

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“Beautiful,” Jay said.

My eyes closed. I wanted to see if I could still picture the scene before me, wanted to make sure it was safe, because I knew it would fade with each passing day.

The landscape was simple—gently rolling hills that ended where the sky began, and a few trees that stood proud and tall like guards of a kingdom.

Could you really call this beautiful? It was nothing but land and sky. What about the scene put that little catch in your throat, why did you gasp when you looked beyond the river here?

Finally I opened my eyes, in search of an answer for my question. A bluer sky I’d never laid my eyes upon, but that wasn’t quite it. The sun gleamed, painting each hill in gold leaf, but that wasn’t it either.

The components of the land fit together like puzzle pieces. They were the different sections of an orchestra, and when you put them together you had magic. Here was melody and harmony, here was peace.

My answer. I tilted my head to the sky so blue.

“You’re right,” I said. “It is.”

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. An Answer for My Question

    Phosphate11's Buddy Icon Phosphate11

    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    oh I really liked the whole melody and harmony part!! Loved this!!!

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    Alexis DeHearts' Buddy Icon Alexis DeHearts

    Posted 8 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Wow… don’t know what to say…I like the comparisons and the way the person is at first skeptical of the lands beauty. You really have a way with describing land scape!

  3. An Answer for My Question

    White Hat's Buddy Icon White Hat

    Posted 8 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    So serene it almost makes me feel bad for my cynical response to the challenge.
    Almost.

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    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 8 months ago

    Everyone interprets things in their own way, and it seems here you describe learning to see something in a new way. Acceptance is beautiful.

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    Storykeeper of Fae's Buddy Icon Storykeeper of Fae

    Posted 8 months ago

    This was very nice. Extremely beautiful descriptions. I enjoyed immensely.
    LoA

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