‘ stop punishing yourself. please. you don’t deserve it. ’
LIGHT HEARTED SUGGESTIONS STARTERS / still accepting!
The wind had picked up, blowing wildly at Sara’s hair, blonde locks whipping behind her head. If she lifted her arms she was certain she would fly, carried away like a leaf blown in the gust. But her arms remained slack at her sides where she stood on the edge of THE FATHER’S concrete words, his book opened and lifted up to the heavens where his statue would eventually reach. On her lips rested a smile, but it didn’t reach her eyes—eyes so dull they’d almost become a milky white.
“I have sinned, Mark,” she told the man before her. Was he really there? Or would he evaporate into green smoke the second her fingers brushed him? Sara didn’t test this theory. She didn’t care anymore. She was at the end of The Path. Soon she would pass through the gates and be welcomed wholly into Joseph’s family. Her chest warmed at the thought. She would finally be home.
“To atone I had to walk the path… Prove my loyalty to the Father.” Sara’s tone lacked any emotion, the words seemingly forced out of her by an unseen hand pulling at her strings.
“Stop punishing yourself,” Mark snapped, but he too was affected by the bliss, no matter how he tried to fight it. His movements were slowed, his vision dazed. He tried to take a step towards Sara, but staggered, nearly losing his footing. “… Please. You don’t deserve it.”
An unnaturally soft giggle escaped Sara, the sound echoing that of Faith, her newfound sister.
“This is not a punishment… I knew the Father was special. There was something about him. He has given me faith… He has shown me the way.”
Sara took a step back, teetering on the edge of the statue’s book. She began to hum and soon a song was on her lips, the sound hollow and distant.
“Help me, Faith… Help me, Faith.” Sara turned, looking down, ready to take the final step. “Shield me from sorrow… From fear of tomorrow…”
“Sara!” Mark slurred, but she was already leaning forward, arms spread, accepting her fate.
Sara was warm with the Father’s love as she fell. Before she hit the ground she felt the Father’s love envelop her, his promises true, and his word everlasting.
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