She took herself onto the cliff each morning. Obedient. Observant. Obeisant.
Obscure as her faith seemed to those who did not understand, she nonetheless kept fast to her beliefs. To her practice. Those who shook their head did so due to limits in their vision. Their blindness did not diminish the veracity of what was, to her, as real as the rock she sat on.
She did not belittle other people’s inability.
As she wished they did not deride what they declared her “foolishness.”
To her, it was a line she drew. Of kindness. Or on harder days, of patience.
A mirror to the line that stretched across the water to reflect the passage of the Glories. The empyrean beings that took pain to skim the water in her favor.
In all their favor.
As protection.
From the monsters of the deep.
The ones she knew. The one she’d seen.
For Crispina‘s Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
Methinks there is far more to this “monsters of the deep” than any kraken or Nessie, and I like how subtly phrased and implied 🙂
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Ah, yes, indeed … and you totally ‘got it’ … Glad you liked!
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Firstly I was entranced by the images and concepts you illustrated with the panoramic language. Someone at one with themselves.
Secondly the concluding words struck ‘that’ chord, as to the journey the person had taken and their continued awareness of the dangers which always lurk.
A short story with layers and messages.
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I’m so glad the multi-layers got communicated, and you very perceptively noticed and noted them! 🙂 The photo is quite evocative, isn’t it? 🙂
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Shivers in a very positively evocative way😃
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So many levels to this story, some you can only guess are there but you feel them anyway…
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Ah, yes, the levels … the shallows, the deeps … Glad it got communicated!!
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Very much so, Na’ama…
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🙂
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Wonderful story-telling, Na,ama. So many things come to mind while reading this…
You rock, my friend.
Dale xoxo
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Thank you so much! I’m quite pleased that the layered reality got communicated. Luv ya back, Na’ama De Rock … 😉
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That it did!
🙂
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😀
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