"Shannanah leaned her head against the cold glass of the window. There were
some birds flying over the house and over the lake and they vanished so quickly in the distance that one might wonder if they had ever been there. Shannanah had not even noticed them.
At a certain moment she lost her sense of time completely and her physical and psychical tiredness took hold of her while she leaned there. Although the landscape outside did change it was no longer reaching her as her mind was constantly swirling around one and the same matter she found no solution for and although she felt like crying she did not do it because even this seemed too tiring to her. She had no strength left to resist the void of her desperation and a certain part of her was even longing for it. Slowly her slender shape was gliding down the glass and unconsciously she sat down on the window ledge while staring into the nothingness."

- from Migratory Birds Chapter 4

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Shannanah is a character from my series, Migratory Birds.
This picture shows her in her wedding dress, days after she has been expelled by her husband's family and separated from her children.

The whole story can be found in chapters 2-4 of the series.