I Let You Down

The girl stood just outside the den entrance. Eyes of vibrant blue cast on her ivory father with nothing more than trust and love to show through them. She could only hope mother was sick, or had gone back for the others, or something that not equal her demise. So she kept her optimistic outlook- until that look of burden over came him. The sadness too much to contain and it spills over on to her. Black shoulders sagged and head drooped between her sharp shoulders. Ears fled to find her skull and eyes squeezed tightly shut. She got to him first. To stop whoever it was from getting to Thisbee.

It was a lot to bear on the mind of the youth. As he finalized what she already knew- 'your mother isn't coming', She broke. Chest heaved for the oxygen she deprived it of. Her heart beat furiously within its cage. "This is my fault!" She cried out. It was all her fault and she knew not how she could live with such tragic details.