Sunrise in the Dark

by Storykeeper of Fae

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I walked away that night, his words resounding in my head.

There was this place in me that was filled. I didn’t even know it had been empty. Tonight, it felt as though a candle was lit within my heart, illuminating all my soul. And he filled all the shadowed places with his fiery light.

It was hard to leave him, but we had homes to which to go. Technically, it was night. Each of us had our own reality to which to return. Still, trying to end the conversation had been like trying to sever a life line with broken safety scissors.

With a handshake, we left one another, lost our glowing auras in the Friday night crowd. With our hands, we made a promise, tied a cord to one another that shall never ever be severed. It can’t be. I was filled with this promise, with the light of my metaphorical sunrise, and with the observation that my hand fit so perfectly in his.

As I floated away that night, reliving the moment with vivid detail, I wondered. Did he feel it too?

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  1. Sunrise in the Dark

    FlirtingWithaBrickWall's Buddy Icon FlirtingWithaBrickWall

    Posted 7 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Still, trying to end the conversation had been like trying to sever a life line with broken safety scissors.

    hxc analogy

  2. Sunrise in the Dark

    Bartimaeus' Buddy Icon Bartimaeus

    Posted 7 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    this makes my heart jump to read it… thx for sequeling!!!!!

  3. Sunrise in the Dark

    emma jo_234's Buddy Icon emma jo_234

    Posted 7 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Wow. This is beautiful…it’s got an almost poetic flow to it. It works great with Bartimaeus’s prequel, too…

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    Misheru O'ku's Buddy Icon Misheru O'ku

    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    yes, that line “Still, trying to end the conversation had been like trying to sever a life line with broken safety scissors.” is great! I think you captured the emotion between them well.

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