Blacktail Deer Plateau Ensemble

they named their children.

and hers were not here.

the acoustics of the cave cupped the accented voices so beautifully that she forgot she had said nothing.

at last she stood; "i am tamar, wife to arsenio." she fought the tremble of her mouth. "mother to zosime, zulema, antigone, saleem, and sylianos. they have made their way into the world."

and she would have no others. arsenio's voice moved then beside her but she was overcome, and wanted only to retreat with him to a quieter place.