A/N: Well. I was rereading some of my previous work and I was rather disappointed in my previous abilities. Well. Here is my first work in 3ish years. Enjoy.
I wander through my castle in the sky. I am lost amid the courtyards of crystal and the rooms of rain. My castle is my own. No one else is here. Though I long for nothing more than the touch of human hands I am alone.
My courtyard is my only place of true peace. My emerald eyes take in the sapphire skies and ruby roses are breathtaking in their simple beauty. There is one place I dare not go though. In the center, surrounded by a sea of emerald grass, is a glass tree. It is cold, and like the rest of the world it will never change. Its knotted branches speak of infinite wisdom; of a timelessness I have begun to truly understand. Time means nothing here. I sleep. I eat. But there are no sunsets. No sunrises. No light. No darkness. My world is lost in a haze.
In the crystalline tree a bird sings. The only noise in this lonely world caresses me as it spills from its perfect beak. Its song is melancholy one. It sings of the world that could of been; of a warmth I have never known; of people I have never met; of flowers I have never smelt; of grass I have never felt; of food I have never tasted and of melodies I have never heard.
"Leave," it says to me, "leave this world you have created. Leave."
No matter what pretty things it promises I will not go. This is my world, my dream. I roam a ghost among my pretty things. I walk through turquoise water and do not get wet. I touch my opal fires and do not burn. I feel nothing. I am empty. I am nothing more than a shell.
I long for feelings of life. Feelings that I used to know so well. But now they are hidden from me. They are outside of my castle, and I fear more than anything to reach out of my dream world. I will not leave this mist that conceals me.
I wish you would join me some days. But I know that is a dream that will never come true. My castle is mine and mine alone. Maybe someday I will trust you enough for you to teach me to walk outside of these glass walls, and truly feel again. 'Til that day I will remain here. Lost among the never changing walls of my fantasy.