Pin Drop silence broken by hasty footsteps, and.
the pained creaking of the wooden gate.

The young girl with a cloak, walked in faster than.
the wind, smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm late".

The harshly cold night did nothing to deter the
warmth in her smile as she stood there all alone.

She reached and pulled out a white linen cloth
from her bag, and spread it across the stone.

She removed a grey candle and placed it on the
stone, under the skies of a tainted similar grey.

When it refused to burn, she chuckled to herself,
"Well, there's no more light in my life anyways."

She pulled out a single crimson rose, and lay it out
across the flawless white sheet.

"Why the stone face?" She laughed and said, "My friend, I've been looking forward to all this week".

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