Holding On To You

He approached her down wind, his heart heavy as he padded closer, his head lowered. Around his neck he wore a brightly colored rainbow lei but it did little to cheer him as he moved toward her. He had promised Philomena her son, but he was gone, and Pegasus couldn’t say where he had gone to, instead he sat beside her, the serpent at his paws flicking her tongue quizzically as he breathed a sigh.

“Forgive me.” He told her. “I don’t know where your son has gone or what I did wrong, but I blame myself for his disappearance.” He explained. He’d had too much fun at the festival, had spent too much time with Célestin and not enough with his siblings and now he could feel the strain he had placed on all of them.

speaking Thinking   You