Withered in waiting, I drifted off, like autumn foliage descending into oblivion. I\u2019d spun thrills in thinking I had it firmly in my grasp, precisely that which I sought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it stood defiantly unknown, melting as it touched my flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shimmering through amber lights, it drifted across the grayed backdrop of stone cottages, bathed in cedar and walnut smoke. A wisp of hair above my ear caught a fleck. \u201cSnowflake,\u201d it whispered. Rushing wind whipped it into battle with falling leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And for the first time I knew the breath of the forest, crystallized in a tiny flake of snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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