He watches from a distance as the butterfly finds some one to greet. This man has a grotesque appearance. Sickly pale skin, a missing nose, faint pupils, and wrinkles that stretches every inch of his skin all describes his figure. Horrified by the looks of others, he covers most of his body in modest clothing. Today, he wears a thick black trench coat with a scarf that lays over half of his face. ...

“Rain,” my father shouted, during a previously quiet nightly walk. Then a surprising phenomenon fell from the sky. Opaque mist covered all our stars. I witnessed this rare sight of abundance. Then tiny blobs of water released from the mist and traveled to the sand. One by one they coated the dunes forming a heavier surface. The ground beneath my feet had always been dry, but the heavens changed th...