"Don't walk away.
Please don't walk away.
Look back at me.
Please. Look at me", I was shouting but the void swallowed my words.
I can hear his voice now, I'll go to him.
I'll shout till I loose my voice.
I was searching for you in the woods. My love. My beloved.
#hawkwood#fictn
Scared. Angry. Scared.
What if I don't stop falling? Not now, not ever.
Will I survive the fall?
But I can see him now.
That's all I wanted for weeks.
But now I'm greedy. I want a touch.
I want him to look at me and not far away.
Look at me!
#hawkwood#fantasy#love
The silence. It was all I knew as I fell.
A void.
Memories rushed into me. Mama and Papa? The rain, the rain outside our tea estate.
The day I met him.
People I've never met. People I may meet.
His face was clearer than anything else, so near but not near enough.
#hawkwood#me
My hair was a matted mess. My eyes drawn wary and hollow. My skin covered with ash.
He moved fast and we stood close to the mirror.
It moved-the surface, like a calm sea.
I stared and stared, until I was thrown headfirst, into the mirror.
#hawkwood#fantasy
A mirror! The bright light was coming from a mirror! Not a window. Because now, I was watching myself, in his arms.
His face was still shrouded in the dark.
A tall frame, well above six foot. Grey skin streched above his muscles and I looked like his prey.
#hawkwood#birdman
He was carrying me somewhere. I tried to writhe in his arms but my body was still reeling from whatever poison he induced.
All of a sudden,a bright light appeared before me. A window, about five foot tall. The light poured out from it, Intruding. Violating. #hawkwood#fantasy
Suddenly I was moving, something was dragging me....
No someone!
I barely made sense of two black booted legs and a pair of grey arms came around me. Grey. His skin was grey.
Those faintly familiar black feathers brushed my cold skin.
#hawkwood#birdmen#findmylove
A constant buzz inside my head, that's all I felt. My body seemed useless against the overpowering weight on my limbs. I tried to lift my head and an instant wave of nausea consumed me. I tried to use all remaining strength to pull myself up, but with no avail.
#hawkwood#mystery
I was stung. No...no..no..
This was not supposed to happen!
I couldn't feel my arm. My breathing became shallow.
Just breath. Just breath.
A twig snapped and I looked up, my vision blurred. He was coming to get me.
No not like this!!
He raised his hands and I took a stumbling step back.
Slowly, his gaze roamed my body and narrowed in on my hand.
"Can you speak?", I asked. I heard his feathers rustling.
Then he just stared at my hand.
#hawkwoods#birdmen#fantasy#loveandnight
"Are you okay?", I barely whispered and his coal black eyes snapped to me.
His skin had feathers.
Feathers. As black as his eyes.
#hawkwoods#fantasy#mystery#silence
We both looked at eachother, his face covered by an unearthly darkness.
My breath got stuck in my throat.
He seem to lose track. Moving abruptly but with no direction.
#hawkwoods#storytimethreads#mystery
Then i gathered my courage and gently moved forward.
Who was he? Was he even human?
But i had a feeling that he was harmless,that he was lost , just like me.
#hawkwoods#night#mysteryman#birdman
I moved through the woods, the single flame guiding me.
A shadow, among the trees! The shadow of a man. I stopped shot.
#birdman#hawkwoods#storytimethreads
I had nothing as a source for light. I searched my pocket and found my cigarette lighter. Oh thank god! I sighed. I should've geared up better!
#storytimethreads#hawkwoods#nightmares
The night seemed muted than usual, not that I expected anything else but something was different about tonight. Something dark and quiet.
#hawkwoods#storytimethreads#improv