The clocks sit in the same empty room
the second hand drifting
beating
leaping
but in a silence heavy
as a rain cloud
thump
A cool, blue light dances
across the squares of paper
windows
thump
My eyes adjust to the shadows
that have begun to lengthen
along the doors
to the side
Light glistens off of the curves
of the polished wood
curling white shadows
against the deep wood
thump
It echoes
tic
toc
tic
toc
YOU ARE READING
Ambiance (Cellphone Novel)
FantasyA girl is enclosed in a temple where she is a prophetess. She only wakes to see the late afternoon sun. When she begins to dream of a second heart within, which beats to the rhythm of someone near her. My entry as part of the Team Dreams in @rskov...
