And inside you're burning
with some secret yearning
Those distant stars, the ones most look upon with only passing interest, are her entire world. She would give anything to live amongst them, to be as one with the cosmos, to burn eternally in their pure and radiant light. But she is woefully earthbound, a creature destined to live amongst the bland and mundane no matter how she wishes to escape into the night skies distant embrace.
She loves them. She loves and cherishes those tiny pinpricks of light far more than she ever will any mortal beast. They are hers just as she is theirs.
To her companion, they may just be pretty little jewels sparkling benignly in the night sky, a thing to be momentarily admired and rapidly forgotten, but to her, the teal and red mare, they are everything.
There is nothing in this world that could change that. Not her family nor her lovers. Not even her children. Those are the momentary distractions, the ones that amuse her briefly but are just as quickly forgotten. Oh, she loves them. They each hold a small piece of her heart, but never would they the have the same grip as her lovely stars.
The two mares are so very different in that respect.
A slow, knowing grin curves Lirren’s lips at Ryss' response to her question. ”Hmm…” she begins, amusement evident in her tone. ”They do have a way of doing that, don't they?” In this way, they are all too similar. She certainly has never had trouble… enjoying her lovers.
For a moment, as the other woman continues, Lirren's gaze is drawn to the stars overhead. She can never go long without finding herself gazing at them. ”I am always out at this time of night,” she answers in an offhand manner, replying to Ryss' question almost automatically. Turning her silver gaze back to her companion, she tips her head slightly, curiosity and just a hint of devilry coloring her eyes. ”Is your stroll as distracting as you'd hoped?”
Oh the things she could show this woman given half a chance. Certainly the night would be boring no longer.
Lirren
starlit daughter of joythief and carnage