p class="MsoNormal"She sat at her desk, music softly playing from the speakers, her focus shifting from one bit of news to the next—but nothing really pulling her out of the heavy weighted sorrow that had been keeping her company the whole of the style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"A tree wrapped gently against the window behind her and she kept staring at the screen in front of her./p
p class="MsoNormal"The tree wrapped louder./p
p class="MsoNormal"Finally, she turned./p
p class="MsoNormal"It had not been a tree, it was him./p
p class="MsoNormal"It had been years, but he looked the style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSeeing him made her all the more aware of how much she had been forced to change of the years. How much she had lost and had to give style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHer dreams were more insubstantial than they had been years ago. Then they had hope filling them and making them seem alive, now she had time and weariness make them fade from possibility and reach./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"She opened the window and he came in, elegantly, as if it was something he did every day./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal""It has been too long," he said with a voice full of emotion and sorrow./p
p class="MsoNormal"She nodded./p
p class="MsoNormal"He raised a hand and rested it on her shoulder./p
p class="MsoNormal""Don't let the heaviness of reality pull the color from you. You are more than those around you—it is why they challenge you. Rise, rise, rise above it my beautiful dreamer."/p
p class="MsoNormal"She smiled sadly./p
p class="MsoNormal"Were words enough to help her?/p
p class="MsoNormal"She leaned her head against his chest and sighed. She breathed deeply. He smelled of memories and possibilities./p
p class="MsoNormal"He laughed softly after a few minutes./p
p class="MsoNormal""Dear one, you realize you are surrounded by dreams. This building of bricks with its staircases and towers. Those people walking past you with their own eyes blind to the world around them because of their own thoughts and dreams. Don't let their pain and yours distract you from the beauty that is around you."/p
p class="MsoNormal"She nodded a tear rolling down her cheek./p
p class="MsoNormal"She knew she would need more than just one quick embrace and a few kind words, but it was enough for now. It was enough to get her to put one foot in front of the other and enough to allow her to close her eyes and see possibilities when she opened them again./p
p class="MsoNormal"A tree wrapped gently against the window behind her and she kept staring at the screen in front of her./p
p class="MsoNormal"The tree wrapped louder./p
p class="MsoNormal"Finally, she turned./p
p class="MsoNormal"It had not been a tree, it was him./p
p class="MsoNormal"It had been years, but he looked the style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanSeeing him made her all the more aware of how much she had been forced to change of the years. How much she had lost and had to give style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanHer dreams were more insubstantial than they had been years ago. Then they had hope filling them and making them seem alive, now she had time and weariness make them fade from possibility and reach./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"She opened the window and he came in, elegantly, as if it was something he did every day./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal""It has been too long," he said with a voice full of emotion and sorrow./p
p class="MsoNormal"She nodded./p
p class="MsoNormal"He raised a hand and rested it on her shoulder./p
p class="MsoNormal""Don't let the heaviness of reality pull the color from you. You are more than those around you—it is why they challenge you. Rise, rise, rise above it my beautiful dreamer."/p
p class="MsoNormal"She smiled sadly./p
p class="MsoNormal"Were words enough to help her?/p
p class="MsoNormal"She leaned her head against his chest and sighed. She breathed deeply. He smelled of memories and possibilities./p
p class="MsoNormal"He laughed softly after a few minutes./p
p class="MsoNormal""Dear one, you realize you are surrounded by dreams. This building of bricks with its staircases and towers. Those people walking past you with their own eyes blind to the world around them because of their own thoughts and dreams. Don't let their pain and yours distract you from the beauty that is around you."/p
p class="MsoNormal"She nodded a tear rolling down her cheek./p
p class="MsoNormal"She knew she would need more than just one quick embrace and a few kind words, but it was enough for now. It was enough to get her to put one foot in front of the other and enough to allow her to close her eyes and see possibilities when she opened them again./p