Even in the velvet dark there is the light of the stars, perhaps a promise that even when we yearn for the light of the sun there will be those stars to bring hope of the dawn. It is always the light we crave, for without it what is our world? Would be become creatures of the night forever to scuttle and hide from predators imagined or real? Either way we seek the light, the chance to stand up and be strong, to see beauty and be beautiful. For the ability to see others and ourselves, to see nature and her stunning variation is a great gift to each and every one.
Selaphiel dug into the freshly ploughed field with his finger tips to pry out the odd looking stone. It came up with ease and sat heavily on his open palm - a perfect rusty sphere the size of an orange but pitted like the moon. He
