Auden’s Blessing
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The sound of the rain was mysterious and melancholic, endless and unbroken—like countless threads winding around the heart, weaving together, lashing it, impossible to untangle or cut apart.
“I’m sorry, I don’t understand what you mean.”
He still held me tightly, so tightly that my body began to ache as if it might break apart.
“Your Majesty, the whale is about to leave. Please let go.”
There was still no response. Gritting my teeth, I forcefully shook his hands off. But the moment I broke free from his embrace, he pulled me around.
Two slightly cool lips had already fallen onto mine.
Raindrops fell in scattered fragments onto our bodies. The sound of the rain was like a piano melody—hurried