i've got scars that can't be seen | speck

[Speck]

It all hurts- which is a relief because it means that I am still alive. The moan did little to relieve the throbbing pain in my head so I let out another one for good measure. I wait. Nope, doesn’t work. Luckily- or rather embarrassingly (for me at least) the other horse takes the first move and brushes my shoulder lightly. A part of me simply wants to keep my eyes closed and pretend to be dead. I can see it now “Well Bother…your daughter died of embarrassment.” It isn’t like she’d even be surprised then again she might be surprised that I could get embarrassed with all my weird antics and what not. Maybe the other horse was forgettable or it might have missed the entirety of the fall. Chances are I made little noise (Ah! Who am I kidding, I screamed like the girl I am). I guess I would have to accept it- He saw me. And clearly the horse is a he for as soon as I realize he saw me the horse speaks and with such a handsome voice at that. My eyes are still clamped shut. I am debating what I should do next or rather how I should impress this deeply, sexy voiced horse. I could whip my body up and pretend like nothing happened all the while flipping my mane- yes, yes that could totally work. Slowly I begin to place my front right hoof on the dirt, and I wince. Abort plan- no standing. I guess my gorgeous eyes would have to do. ”Um…yeah…” I begin to speak as I finally relinquish the dark and open my elusive yet enrapturing blue eyes. My words get cut off when all I see is an intricate pattern shading the night sky. ”my….god….that’s beautiful” I simply say with awe. After a moment I peel my eyes away from sky to merely follow it to the handsome-voiced horse. His large, dark eyes are looking at me. I blush- and thank to the heavens horses have fur covering their cheeks. ”Oh, hi there” speck tiny daughter of brennen and bother