:Purple Flower:
" In the mist of my mind, my heart settles, down the valley, the lights walks and…..
I trailed off, my heart wary , I didn't know why but recently my concentration has been all over the place and it's becoming somehow . I looked at the tree in front of me and tried to erase it with my powers but it failed so I tried again and again and again and again but it stood stil. Reminds me of Esmeralda , I muttered quietly . Mother would have been so proud to see her …. If only ..
I made a place to sit and folded my legs , laid on the ground , looking up and I saw a star shine bright and it reminded me of mother's smile and how bright it always shone . Pumpkin, mother would say and I would roll my eyes as she smiled. I closed my eyes wishing that moment would never change.
.........….
Purple flower have always brightened up our side of the realm , just like Mother. The flowers shone with a cool breeze that moves as though it won't be noticed . The darkness has never looked so heavenly. I sighted Lothaire lying on the ground, his eyes closed , the breeze blowing his hair lightly and his aura calmed the valley .
" Lothaire….. , Father sent for you .
The air instantly felt chilly, I should have expected that but nothing always prepares me for it .
He lay still like he didn't hear me so I called out again. "Lothaire, father sent for you". Still the same stillness and I knew it was going to be a long night .
" You do this everytime, yet here we still are"
I said sitting by his side .
" Yet you never stop trying".
"Father sent for you"
"You replay it like a broken record, aren't you tired?
" His stands remains , we must abide"
" I'll see him when he's in his chambers, why are you here?
" Can't I come meet you again?
" Make it quick Esme .
" Are you going for the festival?
"No" his reply came as sharp as a knife.
"Why not ?
" No reason"
"Everyone will be there"
"So?
"So should you"
"If you want to go , feel free"
"It's not about that Lo'..
"Then what is it about? Isn't it about Akeem?"
There was a bit of silence .
" I thought as much"
Lothaire stood up, dusted his clothes " I just hope you know what you're getting into"
"Akeem is a good person, he loves me and unlike us , they are of light and ..
"And ? Lothaire cut me off. " Unlike us ? You are putting them above us because of what ?
Degrading your kind for someone, is that how Mother taught you?
" Do not bring Mother into this"
" I will and just did . They claim we are of the same world , no division yet it doesn't seem that way . We are different and so what ? Since when did difference mean out of place ?
" They shine differently, they exude power, authority..
" And we don't ? Look around, we also shine , just differently".
"Maybe I want to blend in, to fit in"
" Even if it means going against your kind ? Why can't you stand differently even if it means standing alone ?
" I am not you brother. I have a life , you only say this because… you are tool of and for DUTY!" The moment the words leave my escape my lips , I shut it . I overstepped.
I watched Lothaire retreated. His eyes dimmed in light , his lips shut still and then he turned away " That's not love , it's Desperation" .
His words hit me like a moving train but I stood firm "Akeem is for me, that I'm sure of .