going numb

[purple_shadows]

The wind picked up while I was standing outside,

alone in the courtyard, surrounded by people.

And I raised my arms to the sky,

let it pass through me, caressing me.

She said I looked as if I could fly, but where would I go to?

And the wind stopped,

and I forgot,

and I danced in the rain.

But the cold only made me colder,

and the blood froze in my veins.

[Ayshela]

i really like this, for a multitude of reasons. wind caressing - beautifully evocative.

 

alone in the courtyard, surrounded by people.

isn't this one of the loneliest of feelings?

 

She said I looked as if I could fly, but where would I go to?

an excellent question, dropped into the middle of a fluidly descriptive moment.