kat-eunhyeo - Student, Digital Artist | DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Literature

silver and gold

He wakes up before the sun. The house sighs as he slips out of bed. He’d dressed before falling asleep, so now he takes his bag and quietly walks past his parents’ room. He can hear his mother snore, the whistle of her exhale, and the soft murmur of his mama talking in her sleep. ”The cats,” she mumbles, and he smiles. He’s said his goodbyes already. He won’t wake them now. The floorboards creak as he moves through the house. His eyes linger on the pictures his mother painted, the half-finished quilt laid out on the couch... He’s going to come back, but he knows it won’t be the same. He’