Lion Head Mesa noctilucent

that canyon became an ocean. full of the sudden pouring of emotions in such simple words. still so much distance yawned between the two young women.

makono motioned now for nazli to sit upon the bed, near a spot next to her. the emotional gap could stay, but she wished to bridge the physical. to bring them closer to one another. as if the act alone might be enough to spark that familiar feeling.

the times they slept together in protective ways along the mountains.

she waited for the lilac to settle before her voice dared to enter the cold air — and if i say i believe you? it did not change all the things that had happened, did it? yet she looked with a heavy yearning for something simple between them.