text: There once was a girl with a golden gaze. Everything she looked upon would be made to look and feel beautiful, including other people. Gazing upon people and making them feel lovely was the girls favorite thing to do, and she would make friends with everyone she came across. When the girl grew into a woman there were many men who wanted to be in the light of her eyes. Men would talk about all the great and wonderful things they would do for her if she let them be soaked in her gaze. The woman knew that her gaze had changed and should be given to those who were worthy of it. She would pick and when she did the lucky man would get a look with her eyes wide open. Some men were overwhelmed by this and couldn’t stay around. Some other men tricked the woman and when she realized it she left them in the dark. One day a man convinced the woman that her gaze shouldn’t be shared but should be special for one man. The woman thought it would be good for her to focus all of her light on one person and in return feel the pride of making that one person feel golden. So, she agreed and went with the man. This man, like many others, turned out to be greedy and not worthy of her gaze. He locked her in a room and put a blindfold over her eyes. He told her that her gaze was for him only and that he would tell her when he wanted it. The woman sat for days on end waiting for the man to return. When the man would return and remove her blindfold he was so sweet and gentle the woman always thought he had changed his mind and would free her. He never did. Instead he would take in her light until he was happy again, then recover her eyes, and tell her about how the world had forgotten her now. The woman became less and less of herself each time the man took her golden light until one day when he took off her blindfold her eyes were dull and no longer could he bask in her light. Appalled the man had her thrown into the streets. She took off the blindfold and started walking the now unfamiliar streets. This proved difficult as her dulled eyes could hardly see what was in front of her. The woman made it to the forest at the edge of the town. She continued walking into the trees and began feeling a strange drowsiness. When she reached a meadow she could not take one more step and fell asleep among the sweet flowers and the long grasses with the wind softly blanketing her. She did not awaken from this slumber but she found her gold once again.