Veil in the wind — a flash of light flirting black against a sky of white. Footsteps soft, can barely breathe, kite shifts away, where quiet stays, it's out of reach. Wind swept veil — reach and strain. A heartbeat close — then gone again. stumble and flail it fades from sight. Wind swept veil — lost, in the light. dug in heels, the wind’s a wall, fingers graze — tether dips, kite falls. it flickers left, then tears past right — a silhouette on the sky hold won't last, as it flies, darkened by night Wind swept veil — you twist, you burn. I chase through gusts and never learn. (god, I never learn) ...never learn I reach, scream quiet, gut punch fight. Wind swept veil — lost to the night. Distance — kept — separate — still. Kite goes on string snapped ...distant.. — still
