In the end, the earth was too fragile. Only the forest and the girl remained.
Each day she moved softly, becoming whole again. And when she came upon a fork in the trail, she chose the path toward tomorrow.
The trees awakened; their twisted roots like veins and knuckles. Sap, their lifeblood. The wind, their breath.
In another life, the girl told the woods, I was a mermaid.
Gradually, the mermaid returned to the circle of sea dogs, floating through the seafoam memories of a long-forgotten future.
The sea monsters slept.
And the desert was an ocean again.
Love your sketchbook!
Very inspirational, Amie.