Stars and Salt

"The toil of all that be helps not the primal fault; it rains into the sea, and still the sea is salt." ~A. E. Housman

When office woman Alfreda spontaneously runs away from her maddening routine one night, she has no idea why she did it-or what to do next. Teetering on the thin line between illusions and clarity, she realises that what seems to be a city of dreams may be a prison of the mind after all.

Disclaimer: The poem used in this short story was not written by me. Its full name is 'Stars, I Have Seen Them Fall' by Alfred E. Housman. It's a short but beautiful piece of work and I hope you enjoy my interpretation of it.