Ariadne

by Jennifer Saint

I had hit upon a truth of womanhood: however blameless a life we led, the passions and the greed of men could bring us to ruin, and there was nothing we could do.

Was this my punishment? To live the reality of my dream and find out that its glittering beauty faded to nothing when I stepped close?

know that human life shines more brightly because it is but a shimmering candle against an eternity of darkness and it can be extinguished with the faintest breeze.’

I would not let a man who knew the value of nothing make me doubt the value of myself.