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10,000 Miles by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Legion lay by the old tree in the big pasture. Charlie made his way to her, each step slow as his arthritic joints creaked. Despite the sunlight of the afternoon day, his bones still ached. The tall grass brushed against his legs. She was breathing fast under the shady tree, but she didn't seem distraught. He lay beside her, thinking she may be cold. She sometimes got chills.
As his body felt hers, he heard her heart thumping through her ribs. It pumped slow, very slow. Too slow.
She smiled, and leaned into him. Her breath evened out into a long sigh and she said, "Fare thee well, my own true love. Farewell for a while, I'm going away."
He closed his eyes, and held his forehead to her cheek. His heartbeat matched her slow, soft one. He said, "Oh, come ye back. My own true love. And stay a while with me. If I had a friend on this earth, you've been a friend to me..."
She lay her head down, and her body slowly emptied of its last lungful of air. Her heart no longer thumped beside him.
Ref:
Paper: Green Eco sketchbook
Pencil: HB
Software: None
Hardware: None
Time: 4ish hours
Date: Summer 2014
Music: 10,000 Miles by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Part 3 ---> 10,000 Miles by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Legion lay by the old tree in the big pasture. Charlie made his way to her, each step slow as his arthritic joints creaked. Despite the sunlight of the afternoon day, his bones still ached. The tall grass brushed against his legs. She was breathing fast under the shady tree, but she didn't seem distraught. He lay beside her, thinking she may be cold. She sometimes got chills.
As his body felt hers, he heard her heart thumping through her ribs. It pumped slow, very slow. Too slow.
She smiled, and leaned into him. Her breath evened out into a long sigh and she said, "Fare thee well, my own true love. Farewell for a while, I'm going away."
He closed his eyes, and held his forehead to her cheek. His heartbeat matched her slow, soft one. He said, "Oh, come ye back. My own true love. And stay a while with me. If I had a friend on this earth, you've been a friend to me..."
She lay her head down, and her body slowly emptied of its last lungful of air. Her heart no longer thumped beside him.
Ref:
Paper: Green Eco sketchbook
Pencil: HB
Software: None
Hardware: None
Time: 4ish hours
Date: Summer 2014
Music: 10,000 Miles by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Image size
3001x2120px 1.25 MB
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Aww, this whole story (I looked at all the parts) is just devastating. Its so sad to think they're both gone *wails* And the art is so emotive; it fits perfectly with the mood you're evoking in the story. I always think that rendered art (black/white and shades of grey with no colour) feels stronger in some ways. The loose, sketchy style, with the fact that you're relying on very simple impressions of their markings and not adding to it with colour, just lets the expressions shine through. Sad, but powerful ^^
But, on a slightly brighter note, I adore the song 10,000 miles (knowing me, I probably gave you a link at some point). Its a perfect send off here. (also, Shotechi and I have been working on a fawnling collab, that's partially worked around this song, though it was sort of accidental - so right now its especially present in my mind
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But, on a slightly brighter note, I adore the song 10,000 miles (knowing me, I probably gave you a link at some point). Its a perfect send off here. (also, Shotechi and I have been working on a fawnling collab, that's partially worked around this song, though it was sort of accidental - so right now its especially present in my mind
)