bathing in the { m o o n } // kittyoemily

prither finew kirkton

Some day you'll know my name
Some day I will be a great power
Maybe this is it, a day just about me
Today is gonna be the day for me!

My heart pounds roughly against my rib cage as I carefully step up the stairs to the roof. My fears leap from being caught to somehow falling off of the edge, and I wonder if anyone can hear the beat of my heart from inside their rooms. Yet I continue up, up until my head reaches the highest point on this building I call home. Cool air fills my nose, and I savor it.

My mind scrambles to find an excuse if I get caught as I take a few steps in the moonlight. Maybe I could say that I couldn't sleep, but I know that's not true. All I did was wake up and have a sudden yearning to be outside with the cool breeze floating around my arms. Before I knew it, my legs were carrying me out of my bed and down the hall and up the stairs and on the roof.

Arether once told me that even though I was small and weak now, I could be the strongest one day. Of course, being the foolish child I am, I believed him. My older brothers were liars who told me things to get me to shut up, but not Arether. He could see through my lies, so I wonder if he would tell if someone found me here, in the middle of the night, sitting on the roof.

Pulling my knees up to my chest, I gaze up at the stars. Arether also once told me that when someone died, they turned into stars to be hung up in the night sky. A light breeze picks up a couple of dead leaves and carries them away into the air, and now I wonder if those old crinkly leaves were took away into the air to turn into stars as well.

The scenery below me is amazing, the ocean and the tiny ants of fishing boats docked. Most of the district lights are out, but the ones that are on glow brightly like little dots in the darkness. I realize that I want to stay here for the rest of the night, but that's about when I also realize that I'm not the only one on this roof.