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Sunday, April 06, 2008 Crystalline snowflakes fell smoothly from the darkening firmament and landed gently on the thick blanket of snow covering the very ground that we walk on,creating a picture that seemed to emerge only from a fantasy.A little girl entered the ethereal realm and lifted her hand in an attempt to catch the enchanting,magical snowflakes.She cracked a smile as one of the snowflakes nestled soundlessly in her cupped hands and dissolved to form a pool of cool water in it.Whirling around,her hazel brown eyes searched for someone familliar.They finally landed on the man whom she called Father.Time has mercilessly carved deep lines into his once charming features,causing him to look older as the passage of time moved on. Slowly,the man walked towards his daughter and crouched down so that he was at eye level with her.The little girl looked expectantly at him with her hazel eyes full of affection.She always wondered what her father was thinking as his furrowed countenance always carried the same old cryptic look.With a heavy heart,the man disclosed the news that had been disturbing him for the past few days."The country needs Daddy to fight for it..I'm afraid that Daddy won't be coming back for quite a long time." The smile instantly vanished from the little girl's face to be replaced by a look of consternation.She did not understand why her father had to go but there was a more pressing question."When are you coming back?" Silence hung over in the air like a ominous aura.That question seemed to pierce right through his heart like a sharp arrow so that he could almost feel the physical pain.The truth was, even he did not know the anwser to that.It was all in Fate's hands, but if everything went well.... The man stood up and caught sight of a valley.Clear water used to flow in it and a slight breeze would ripple the water's surface, causing the reflection of the peaceful surroundings ion the water surface to appear hazy and unreal.Winter had come and the surface of the water had frozen to form a thin layer of fragile ice.Arousing himself from his deep contemplation, the man finally decided on a reply for his daughter's question, "I'll be back when the ice melts and water starts flowing in the valley." For the girl, seconds ticked by like the powdery sands of an ancient hour glass as she waited for her father's return. Seconds turned into hours and hours turned into days. Everyday, she stood alone on the riverbank, staring at the layer of ice covering the surface of the water, devoid of any feelings. She willed for the ice to start melting and for the water to start flowing so that her loving father would reappearbefore her, but to no avail.The water remained stubbornly frozen and the thought of giving up hope flashed across her mind, but something within her prevented her from giving up hope.She had to believe in her father. The earliest cracks in the ice appeared one day and the girl's spirits lifted. The ice was starting to melt. Soon, water flowed in the valley, but her father remained visibly absent.Her hopes were dashed and her heart turned increasingly colder with each passing day. All that was left was a deep void. As the girl strolled slowly along riverbank, raindrops started to fall from the sky like pearls escaping from a broken necklace. Closing her eyes, she let the raindrops fall freely onto her face, feeling the coolness against her skin.What she did not know was that each drop of water was a word of apology from her father in heaven.... FIN~ Just Fallen 3:36 AM |
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