Sky Mesa You can be Amazing

all of these beautiful consonants and sounds, and this girl’s language comes up with the ugliest utterance for the most sacred thing in the world!

he exhales through his nose in amusement. wortor— and the word is made uglier on his tongue. he’ll stick with azúl - it’s lyrical, short, and holds the promise of salvation in its soft syllables. 

he does not forget that she may be watched. his eyes scan past her often, waiting for the stern-faced man to come. 

it is then he moves in a lope across the bank, sending the heron and the denizens of the water moving to safety. by the tall reeds he pries purple loosestrife from the water, bringing the long stem back to safiya. para tí. he growls softly, the flutter of small things moving in his chest.