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~*The frosty sound of waves broke her sleep. She opened her deep eyes and breathed in the scent of sea-salt and tears.
When she sat up, she was surrounded only by a sea of pale satin. The echos of the ocean filled her room, made it a giant conch... She laughed at herself. Who were her dreams making her? Dite? Ah. Ah, to dream. To love.
She slipped her delicate limbs into the sleeves of a sheer robe and knotted the ties around her waist. She drifted like a whisper to her balcony and threw open the door.
Below the balcony railing, the sea of her lawn swam in the breeze of midnight. She watched the argent slivers of moonlight dance over the waving green. She took in another breath, redolant with spring's freshest fragrances -- jasmine, roses, life.
Her fingers curled over the cold stone railing as she looked over the side of her balcony. Just then, the wind in the nearby trees took up a keening wail as they pressed through the tender new leaves.
Her heart followed the cry, and long after it was over, the sound carried within her, somewhere deep and hidden.
She slipped down to the balcony floor, let her shoulder brace her against the balluster of the railing... The ocean waves of her dreams broke over her eyelid shores and threw their tracks across the pale sandy plain of her face.*~
When she sat up, she was surrounded only by a sea of pale satin. The echos of the ocean filled her room, made it a giant conch... She laughed at herself. Who were her dreams making her? Dite? Ah. Ah, to dream. To love.
She slipped her delicate limbs into the sleeves of a sheer robe and knotted the ties around her waist. She drifted like a whisper to her balcony and threw open the door.
Below the balcony railing, the sea of her lawn swam in the breeze of midnight. She watched the argent slivers of moonlight dance over the waving green. She took in another breath, redolant with spring's freshest fragrances -- jasmine, roses, life.
Her fingers curled over the cold stone railing as she looked over the side of her balcony. Just then, the wind in the nearby trees took up a keening wail as they pressed through the tender new leaves.
Her heart followed the cry, and long after it was over, the sound carried within her, somewhere deep and hidden.
She slipped down to the balcony floor, let her shoulder brace her against the balluster of the railing... The ocean waves of her dreams broke over her eyelid shores and threw their tracks across the pale sandy plain of her face.*~