Slowly, the sun takes center stage, rising from the inky water where it has slumbered overnight. A ring of light herds stars westward and gilds a stranger’s face on the pillow beside me.
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The above is my entry for this weekend’s Trifextra: Week Seventy-Seven challenge. They supplied three words (ring, stage, water) and asked us to contribute another thirty of our own, making a grand total of thirty-three words.