Dragoncrest Cliffs Meet in the middle

His beautiful face had a wistful sadness that filled his glistening eyes with a complicated gleam. She knew how bittersweet it was to look at him and see in the coffee-beige of his fur, and the ashy mocha of his points, the markings of Erzulie; given that the two were not related by blood at all, it was a complete fluke that he took after her so much.

”When I look at you,
I see de baby boy I knew-
I see my son, who is kind of heart,
Loyal, empathetic an’ smart.
I also see a brave young man,
One who ‘as grown, an’ learned what ‘e can,
one who grows an’ shows me each an’ every day,
‘Ow to be a proud, proud Maman.
I see de man you will grow to be,
An’ it brings me such joy, you see-
Because I believe in all dat you can be,
Me sweet boy- I ‘ope someday, you learn to see
What it is dat I see when I look at you.”

Eyes glistening, she smiled at her son, hoping he might take some solace in knowing how truly happy it made her heart each and every time she saw him.