The Sea
"An ocean is everything," they whispered into their colonizer's collar.
The empire patted the tiny nation's back and began to pace. How dependent they were, these colonies...how numerous as well. All of them needed his attention and as much as he wished he could stay with each one, he simply couldn't. Putting a kiss to the little nation's crown, he sighed.
"An ocean is nothing," he countered.
A small head lifted and a stormy gaze met his. The colony kicked their feet and wriggled their little body. "Put me down," the little nation demanded.
He did. They walked away and distance came between them. A proverbial sea putting a chasm between their hearts-one he did not want, but the colonizer felt it was inevitable. The little nations were growing bigger, stronger, better everyday and soon, soon they would be his little colonies no more.
(It felt as if his empire had already disappeared from underneath his feet).
This vignette could technically be between any of the old empires and their colonies (England and America, Ancient Rome and Austria, Spain and Mexico, China and Japan, ect.) and that is why I have not given any names or true characteristics to any of the those within the story. I want this to be versatile and as interesting to as many people as possible.
This of course, brings up the questions of, who do you picture this happening between? Any point in particular of their history?
Thanks for reading this little scene and please review!
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