Ch 399: The pause before forever.

She sits like a fading echo, a voice,

Adrift between right and wrong choice.

A kitten rests on her shoulder with grace,

Faint halo light shining upon her face.

She sits idle, yet lost in thoughts unknown,

Longing and yearning, all alone.

Her slumber flows like a misted charm,

The pallor of her skin, soft and warm.

A bouquet of flowers, kept aside—

Perhaps a proposal, a would-be bride.

She's not asleep but in her lover's bloom,

Her eyes closed to witness her groom.