Pots and pans clattered to the ground and three voices sounded.
“Shit,” the first said, loudly picking them back up. The kettle on the stove began to boil as a timer went off. The oven was flung open and cursing from the heat erupted.
Hot pans of sizzling food, burnt to a crisp, landed on the counter with a thump.
“Hot pans on the counter, no!” Shouted the second voice. Scrambling for oven mitts ...
The seconds stretched into minutes as the clock ticked steadily. Her words repeated in her head.
“I love you,” she had said. Why had she said that? Why had she let herself say that?
Please say something, she screamed in her head, please, anything.
The girl in front of her scrunched her face into an apologetic look. She knew her answer without the girl even saying anything.
“I’m sorry,” she whis...
My bones creaked and groaned
Hands searched the darkness
Pleaded with the earth to give way
Light poured in above my head
My eyes stung and my head hurt
The sun like fire on my pale skin
I had become the ground
Dirt in my lungs and worms in my head
Breaking from my own
Awakening from sleep
Awakening from death...
You were gone and I was alone. Your fresh grave growing muddy in the rain. I felt their hands pat my back and their words were muffled and insincere.
A sparrow flew past, wings drenched and struggling in the harsh weather. She landed on your gravestone and my breath caught in my throat.
“Get off,” I whispered. The sparrow looked at me and I gasped. Her eyes.
Your eyes looked back at me and the s...
