Faces...Faces...

A pal of mine once asked me to describe her in a  few words... which I did :P 

A lil girl walks among the ruins abandoned by others
... a place not worth visiting
Smiling she takes in the scene
Decides it aint bad as it looks
Takes a shell and scrapes away the moss
..Finds marble beneath
A triumphant 'I told u so' look flits across her face...
(fades)

Butterflies everywhere
Pretty colors in a sea of daffodils
Lil girl chases them
Fails to catch any
Stands still, disappointed...
A few butterflies perch on her shoulder
They love her pretty dress and the pollen grains stuck to it
she looks at them, drinking in their beauty
Convinced they love her, she reaches out for them In a trice they fly away...
A perplexed look flits across her face
(fades)

Lil girl stands at the mouth of a dark pit
she peers into it transfixed the pit stares back at her
she lifts one foot planning to jump into the darkness
pulls back just in time as the pit tries to close in on her
A look of indecisiveness on her face
(fades)

Lil girl sees a brown bird outside her window
she has never seen it before
the bird is perched on a tree far away
from where she sits, the bird looks exotic
lil girl is fascinated,she watches the bird for hours, then days
The bird watching her as well, each fascinated by the other
One day she decides to get closer to the bird
she walks to the tree and sees it close for the very first time
Surprise! Its the most ugliest bird she has ever seen
Distance lends enchantment to the view, she decides
lil girl has dreams
The bird wont fit into her scheme of things
so she has her window barred shut
The bird realises its work is done
It gave cheer for a few days, flies away
(fades)

The sun burns brightly..a fiery red
lil girl watches the sun fascinated
she watches as the sun dances on the horizon
wondering will she be able to match it step for step
A group of fireflies dance in tandem with the sun
lil girl is awash with sadness
she will never be able to do the same or so she thinks
she walks away shoulders drooping
The sun and the fireflies follow her trying to match her step for step...
(fades)

lil girl stands at the top of the world
surveying the beauty around her
Its hers for the taking
But her eyes speak of something else
A restlessness, a hunger
for something so precious, yet so trivial
she spies a beautiful flower, pristine,wild and free
she runs towards it
A hand plucks it before she gets to it
All her world for tat lil flower...
(fades)

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needless to say...she never asked me for anything again ...hehe! :D