Kerri M Lynn

Finding Joy

Alexei slowly opens her eyes, woken by the suns’ soft glow beginning to spread into her chamber. She used to wake up and bounce from bed, ready for all the day had to offer. It had been so long since those days, she hardly felt they had ever been real. Now there was no reason to bound, she felt no drive to rise. All of her days were spent the same, constantly focused on survival. She blinks her eyes and lets the fretting of the morning birds sing her back to sleep.