A-Z Challenge – A is for Alone

Follow the trials and tribulations of Lily, a beautiful young woman and the love of her life, Guido an Italian circus midget. Every word of this tale is true, apart from those which are not, which amounts to around 99.99.5% of the story, so er…none of it then…

Alone

It was a bleak and cold midwinter’s eve. The chill of the wind seemed to permeate throughout my bones, causing me to shiver and huddle further into the warmness of my overcoat. An air of loneliness pervaded my senses and assailed my ego, as I wandered along the frost covered moors, alone.

Above me, the sun appeared to peak from behind the clouds, gazing down upon me in it’s shining splendor,

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whilst the wind, swirling a mist around my rigid form, felt like the embrace of a long awaited lover.

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As I stopped in my travels to turn my gaze towards the darkened skies, I pondered that If I were to reach up and touch the clouds, would my fingers vanish within it’s whispery vapours?

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And that’s when I heard it. A sound that pushed aside my lonely musings and captured the beat of my heavy heart.

~Lily