Falls

No stranger to being around quiet and brooding men, Taytim stood in silence while he did, merely enjoying the sun that shined. During his lapses in speech she allowed her own mind to wander. Instead of the darker feelings the stallion seemed to feel towards the world, her’s roamed to those who made the adventure of life worthwhile for her. When she first came to the island she had met a stallion who was as good of a friend as any could ask for. She had met other friends that had come in and out of her life. They brightened the moments they inhabited and left her feeling all the more joyful at having them around her at all.

Even the other stallions who had stepped in and back out of her life in a day or a night had found ways to brighten her days. Obviously in more permanent of ways. Her children were constant suns in any night. The energy they brought to the world was electrifying to the mare. Just as they were exhausting. Though the stallion beside her seemed dark, quiet, and somber, there was still a light that she was pleased to be around and be present for. As she regarded him though, she could feel a slight sense of displeasure coming from him. Her smile faded just slightly, learning that her lingering was slowly starting to become rude and intrusive.

He was right. Compared to many she did not bear the weight of sorrows and hardships. She was still considered ‘young’ and had not learned of horror and harm. Even so, there was something she knew was true. “I am one who knows any weight can be lifted with close friends to help bear the burden.” Just as tended to happen with her children, the young woman spoke with a sweet wisdom that was twined with those who lived in optimism. Her smile returned and she reached out a nose to touch him in the softest of touches. “And close friends can be found in even the darkest of nights, so long as your eyes are open.”