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The Nightingale’s Promise
100 Faces in 100 Stories — No44
Feb 13, 2023
The bird that sang to me at dusk was the one fixture of my lonely childhood. Even when my parents’ voices rose in anger, the birdsong broke through and brought a smile to my face.
Sleep would eventually come and wrap me in its warm embrace.
But one day the music disappeared. No longer did I have the comfort of the bird serenading me by nightfall.
In a fairy tale, I might have met a prince with the same color eyes as the nightingale’s plumage.
Alas, that never happened.
But the story? I wrote it to soothe my aching heart.
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