//------------------------------// // Peridot // Story: The Last Dreams of Pony Island // by horizon //------------------------------// Peridot How could I have lived so close to the sea for so long, and yet never have known this peace? Kelp curls around me like a lover's embrace muffling Myinnkyun's murmurs The tide cradles me, rocking the sun in its distant orbit, shimmering like a solitary gemstone in an endless sea Silence surrounds and I merely wish I had known that that was what I wanted