Title: The deep vastness of the universe.
Words: 404
Up on the old oak tree I see the arms of my king lowering to me, patiently awaiting for my hands to take them. In the dead of the night his eyes are ever dark like the shadows that creep in the forest. I lift my arms as far as I dare, the wound in my back painfully fresh and the stitches pulling at my skin. He takes my arms gently and with a swift pull he lifts me up as if I weighted nothing but air; his strength as true as any of the elves.
We climb up to where the branches join to the trunk, at the center it is concave and perfect for us to rest in. My father lies down and before I can settle in a comfortable position beside him, he takes me by the shoulders and gently pulls me to his chest.
"Come here, my leaf." I let him cuddle me while I hide a little smile and adjust my head to his chest; I can hear the beat of his heart, strong like a war drum, it calms me like a lullaby.
Settling down comfortably I feel the tension leave my body if only just a little; the wound was surely going to be an inconvenience for the next weeks if I was unlucky. I let go of all my worrying thoughts and concentrate only on what we are here to do. Look at the stars.
Across the sheet of leaves is the night sky, thousands of lights shining in the moonless sky. Turning my head just slightly I look into my father's eyes and they are dark; dark and deep like the void of the vast universe. In that darkness I see the stars of Eleberth reflected in them and they are, perhaps, not so desolated anymore. Where his eyes should have been a warning of the danger that lay in them as dark as they are; I am only comforted and not frightened in the least. His arms wrap around me and I can feel the darkness of the universe like a blanket being placed upon me; and where I should feel threatened in the darkness of the vast universe that are his eyes, I feel only love and warmth in my father's arms.
And he is eternal and ever expanding, his chin tucked over my head, he is like the dark and endless universe.
Abril: I'd say it was a good idea but it was terribly narrated… I fucked it up at the last part I really wanted something more -.-
