In Shadow I Hide – challenge reply 5
by Chastity
181 words
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I can never get closer to most people than the rooftops over
their heads. Wrapped with shadows like
a second skin, I watch those at street level as they go about their lives. I can never be part of their days in the
light.
Sometimes, someone will join me on the rooftops and, for a
brief moment, I won't be alone. But
only once has someone brought with her to the rooftops the light from below,
trailing her in flight as if she were a shooting star to be wished on. For all too brief a time she shone light on
our mission.
Then she was taken away, and it was my fault. I could do nothing. I was helpless. The light that supported me was extinguished, ripped from the
rooftops and confined to the earth.
Now I watch her from afar again.
She can no longer join me on the rooftops, except
occasionally in spirit. She cannot soar
beside me, her light illuminating the sky, because of my negligence.
Alone in the darkness, shadowed by cape and cowl, I watch.