Verdant Green (3)

“It’s like a compliment y’know?” she smiled as I devoured the herring,

“…missed it” I giddily chuckled and she does too.

“Could have gone to Rubeliya, but you came back”

I paused, eyes wandered off, back to her.

“It’s suffocating…the city,”

“And I wanted to help papa and mama too”