this is how a heart breaks

The ocean waves were the beat of her song, the sound of seabirds as backup vocals. Her dual toned eyes slid closed and she sang, sang for all her heart was worth. Which didn’t feel like much these days. The soft breeze tousled her long fur and brought the fresh ocean air deep into her lungs. The words didn’t matter so much as the emotion behind them, but they fell from her lips and graced the morning as the sun lifted above the horizon and shone on her features. She fumbled at the sound of paws behind her and surprise as Aliana’s voice joined to her own.

The emotion in the gray woman’s voice nearly matched her own and Siren returned to her confidence and threw herself back into the song. She didn’t know Aliana very well, but she knew she had to be something special to Chimera to be freed. Their voices married and danced into the air. Together they carried the song out, reaching incredible highs before slowing and settling. The promise of life filled with valleys and mountains and no easy paths.

Siren fell silent, letting the sound of the waves overwhelm her. Dual toned eyes fluttered under heavy lashes as Siren looked out over the ocean before them, seeking the horizon that was slowly turning a light blue. "You have a lovely voice,” she would say eventually after silence settled over them. She said little else though, still so overwhelmed with the storming feelings within.

"Speech"