Sky Blue

The sky has sown its colour onto the ground. A carpet of pristine blue stars swim in green. Maggie has never seen this many Forget-me-nots in one place - the beauty astounds her. The mountains sit behind; imposing grey blue shadows that do not hinder the sunlight as it falls on her field. It rises upwards gently in a merging of sky and earth.

With a laugh of delight, she spreads her arms and runs. Upwards- towards the sun, through the stars and the sea. Spinning around in circles, her darkened wheat coloured hair hits her face as the wind fights for it not to fan out. Round she goes. Twirling around and around till her bare feet tread on thistles.

Her laugh drops and her smile fades. Slowly she lowers herself down to the ground, collapsing the last little bit as she loses her balance. Painfully her bottom connects with the hard cold earth. Another bruise. The sky-carpet does nothing to soften the blow. With all the precision of one who has removed thorns from their feet before, Maggie pulls her leg close, plucks out the thistles and inspects her foot. Nothing of interest; a deep red bead makes its way down. Done, she looks about her.

A path of destroyed flowers shows where she has been; dry land in the Red Sea. Further still she can see the way home. No. Not yet. Here at the top Maggie looks around, to the other side. More field-green- a small glass lake and further still an endless forest. It is always like that here in the mountains. Just round this corner and I'll be there. But you can walk forever and never reach the end, till you walk of the end of the earth.

Falling into the embrace of the blue sea, Maggie stares at the sky; barely aware as it changes hue. The rainbow palette bleeds a wash over everything till finally fire burns the mountains. Still Maggie lays there staring unseeingly into the azure, limbs spread-eagled.

Cold. A start, she sits up. Wipes away the tracks on her face. The moon shines her light down in twilight shades. Quickly, down the hill. A pause, as she looks over the blue earth stars. One last twirl, a sad smile on her lips. She fingers the blue bruise on her cheek.

Forget-me-not she whispers to the wind.