I danced on moonlit waters until I sank to my knees. A whisper above the waves, a murmur beneath the surface. The weight. Such weight. I kept sinking, tossing and turning...drowning.
" Don't be fooled here. " she whispered all around me.
" We all need our silence now and again. We all must sink before we rise. "
I looked to the overhead horizons of a lake's surface. I could see her feathers. I could see her wings.