[Emily]: 252.Miscellaneous Material.Untitled - The Sky is

The autumn leaves cast a strange orange glow around the tree, which caught his eye. The girl beneath it sat, alone yet content, hands relaxed in her lap, eyes gazing elsewhere.

He went and sat beside her with his back against the rough bark, looking at her curiously, observing her orderless face.

He spoke to her:

"Why do you do this every day?"

She looked at him, smiling, untroubled by his sudden appearance, before gazing back to the blue skies above. "I'm waiting for the sky to fall."

© Emily McDurman, 2007.