Fleet's Letter: Chapter 15 - Part 2



Dearest Mother,

Is it possible to long for some one you never knew? It is, I am testament to this. In the briefest of moments your essence embraced me and I felt a love I had never known. In the briefest of moments I discovered a peace unlike anything I have ever perceived.

I understand the futility of this letter but it is my hope that while I will never have the opportunity to place paper in your hands, that somehow you might be by my side as I write this. I wish you to know that I am well. Since looking upon you, I am flourishing from within. It is important that I tell you of the impact the force of your presence has had on my spirit.

Much of what I do is ugly but I am doing what I must in this world, to save it. My heart whispers that my path is honorable and that my actions are required. I am compelled more strongly than ever before. Even so, my heart has been opened in the radiance of your presence. You have awakened an inner voice I thought long dead. A crystalline voice that cries for something else, something exceptional.

I have been cultivated for darkness but I see the promise of something beyond the gloom. My burden is the black and my redemption the light. I hope that you will forgive the things I must do and find beauty in the transformation to come.

I will honor your life through my own, one foot in eternal darkness and the other in boundless light. The warm touch of your love has demonstrated that I am not given over to darkness. Perhaps redemption can be found in the resplendent light of free will. My own free will.

Your loving son,

Fleet Vortun