Maxinda Macenat

Return of the Night Owl

Yarha was only seven years old when she learned of an untold secret. Hidden at the top of the hill was the “Tree of Life”. The tree was no ordinary tree. It had great significance to Yarha. The tree trunk shed as it aged, flaunting in it new skin, blossomed in the spring and stood bare during winter. This year was the year of “old lady summer.” This particular summer went into the fall, cheating the the season of winters day to come. November was her name, a time when nature glowed in gold, the sky ripples with shadows of the sun, as the days grew short and the nights were young.