Midwinter Prompt #15 - "Hence, Hermit Then" (Shakespeare)
Written for day_by_drabble Midwinter Challenge.
Prompt: How like a winter hath my absence been From thee,
the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen,
What old December’s bareness everywhere!
--"Sonnet 97" by William Shakespeare
He needs to do this, to prove to her that he is worthy of her trust, worth of her love - for if he cannot master himself to this task, to the bleakness of this place, this winter of his life then he will lose her and spring will never come.
Prompt: How like a winter hath my absence been From thee,
the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen,
What old December’s bareness everywhere!
--"Sonnet 97" by William Shakespeare
He needs to do this, to prove to her that he is worthy of her trust, worth of her love - for if he cannot master himself to this task, to the bleakness of this place, this winter of his life then he will lose her and spring will never come.