But the loneliness never left me
I always took it with me
I get cold. I can't breathe.
I'm so cold, Pa. It's hard to breathe.
You remember every moment of it. Every time he cried in the night, every shiver. You and El would pull him against your chests and still he would shiver. You remember watching him waste away from a robust boy to a skeletal thing, his breath crashing through his lungs like a trapped bird.
You remember when his breath escaped and his soul flew free on a rainy night, leaving a shell behind.
"C'mere, Sunbeam. I'll warm ya up." Opening your arms for your son as you always do. There will never not be a space for him close against your chest, even as a ghost. Again you make that pitiful half-laugh, tears burning your eyes. "We can go fishin' or do whatever ya want. Hell, we can swim down to the underwater city an' meet the mers, like ya always wanted. Just... lemme hold ya, first."
This time you won't let go.
I'm so cold, Pa. It's hard to breathe.
You remember every moment of it. Every time he cried in the night, every shiver. You and El would pull him against your chests and still he would shiver. You remember watching him waste away from a robust boy to a skeletal thing, his breath crashing through his lungs like a trapped bird.
You remember when his breath escaped and his soul flew free on a rainy night, leaving a shell behind.
"C'mere, Sunbeam. I'll warm ya up." Opening your arms for your son as you always do. There will never not be a space for him close against your chest, even as a ghost. Again you make that pitiful half-laugh, tears burning your eyes. "We can go fishin' or do whatever ya want. Hell, we can swim down to the underwater city an' meet the mers, like ya always wanted. Just... lemme hold ya, first."
This time you won't let go.
but I can put it down
in the pleasure of your company
ZEPHYR
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