Alien Landscape

Menetha the Bard

Menetha [mer-nee-tha]. i'm surprised i haven't introduced her to the landscape. probably because her presence is flickering. she's like lightning. one minute she's there, dazzling like Zeus himself, the next she disappears, leaving silence and the patter of rain behind. so the lightning struck two days ago and yesterday.
i get scared of her honey vocals. i've never had a friend with honey vocals before. i heard they are dangerous and secretive. i wouldn't know. i don't know if i'm ready to find out.
there are many things i wonder about her. whether she's really as sad as she sounds, whether she can be as happy as she try to sound.
perhaps i shouldn't have told her all that. perhaps a well of secrets is necessary. mostly because she's an alien. painfully human, beautifully wrong and misunderstood.
yes, she's beautiful. all of them are. the warrior child, Innuith was beautiful. the deceptively strong princess, Axiana was beautiful and Erinfer was beautiful. i guess i am irresistably drawn to such beauty.

there is a different species of beauty on this landscape. one which i haven't learn to appreciate.

don't get me wrong. i'm not saying i'm not human. i'm just not very proud to be one.
Posted by NHJ 1/11/2005 01:08:00 pm

Tuesday, January 11, 2005