Tag: shadow

The signs tell the story of the change.
She was accustomed to darkness.
She waited for his answer, leaning toward him.
The street would provide plenty of customers.
She finished the beer in one long gulp.
It was the most beautiful street she had ever seen.
What have you got for me?
Nothing was right; nothing could cure her restlessness.
That which is lost is found.
What is memory but a rope slung across time?
Time can’t unhappen but it can be unlost. Can it?
Not the past, not the future, this now.
In the small space they occupy their own time is real.
What is memory anyway but a painful dispute with the past?
The main doors open. The group enters. The main doors close.
Chants have been chanted, feet have been stomped.
The planets are converging.
The clock ticks inexorably.
The silence began to get to him.
Oh, I’m sure everything will work out for you.
There was an awkward moment.
He just had to be careful to seem detached, and deny any involvement.
That’s always the way in this world.
There was nothing left there now.
It’s certainly peaceful.
Is that where we’re going, then?
Neither says a word; they are no longer friends.
Don’t even walk in that direction.
It occurs to me this is a sign of the times.
When the light hits it differently, even familiar places turn strange.
There we are. Simple as that.
Do you want to do something?