because I missed him

[foxtongue]

Persepolis burnt me to the ground, dark gray marble eyes leading me like paths and stairs to a treasury trap of words. I felt bare, richly carved with splendid relief, "Five years is a rock hewn tomb, too long to be without the silk cotton of skin." His hair curled as inscriptions do, written to ward off misfortune. "I enjoy the silence," he said, and he laughed, lambent pearl. My heart was caught in the light of it, a hidden thing suddenly unshadowed, becoming a lantern to hold in my hand. A wet red ruby to guide me to Thoth.

"What is the geography here?" He asked and gestured, his hands describing the arc of mythical heroes. "It is tumbled land, fit for caves and caverns. Happy alone."

I'm staying in tonight. I have been moving too often for sleep to find me and I wish to be claimed for decency's sake. Whatever strange endorphin level I have arrived at, it's not feeling anymore like home.