shirley_jackson – blackandwhiteandcolours

A silence of no movement and almost no breath

Remember who planted them

We are like two friends

I have never known how to use them, of course

Spitting and screaming

I think they’re going to fight

And I guess that’s all that happened before I came here

And then the next day I just left, without any reason except that I did

I don’t really know quite how I got here

We are honored to have you here

I guess I was a little frightened

All those trees

I suppose it seems farther than it really is

It’s not even my cat

He just followed me here

Come along, please

I’ve been here for a long time, though

Going to be dark before long

Where are we going, fellow? Any ideas?

The cat had joined him shortly after he entered the forest

Looking back once to see the other road, the one he had not chosen