End of an Era-a triple drabble

[AnnaEstel]

End of an Era

The vapor trail of a supersonic jet left an angry red scar across the deep hues of an otherwise pristine sunset. She lowered her eyes.

The vibrant colors of the newly turned fall foliage in the nearby woods were marked by the dark black lines of the power cables looping by.

She lowered her eyes again, to the fields before her. The gentle rippling waves of the crimson autumn grass were interrupted by the dull gray of asphalt, a wavy line of ash across the landscape.

Her eyes fell closed.

Without her vision to distract her, she could hear more clearly the chirping of birds and rustling of animals in the wood, intermixed with the honking and dull roar of the highway below.

Her lips drew into a tight thin line.

She inhaled deeply the scent of good rich earth still damp from the afternoon rains, only slightly marred by the stench of smog blown in by a gentle breeze from the city behind her.

As she opened her eyes once more a single teardrop escaped. It ran down her cheek and dropped unheeded into her lap. It left only the barest trace of moisture on her cheek, the palest echo of the stream that had once babbled through that wood, now dammed and diverted to provide yet more water to the ever growing metropolis at her back.

She rose and walked back into the house, home to generations of her family past. For decades that spot in the lawn had been her favorite place to soak in the beauty of the world around her. Now as she walked through the house and closed the shades and curtains of the windows she wondered quietly to herself, “Will I ever have the heart to open them again?”

[Primula]

I hate development.


(and this is a very well done vignette, AE, just so sad!)

[daughter_of_kings]

*sigh*

Well done, indeed.

[Fíriel]

I totally relate. Very well written, AnnaEstel.

[Dínelleth]

Well done AnnaEstel! *sigh* There is nothing good about urban sprawl.

[AnnaEstel]

Thanks Prim, DoK, Firiel, Din!

This little thing started bouncing around my head on the drive home about a month ago and finally got itself written last night. I'm really not entirely sure where it came from.