UPDATE: Word Prompt "Pyromaniac"

"Thrilling Embers"


Originally written on Dec 10, 2011 @ 8:10 AM.


A:N/ Added a little a few paragraphs to this piece at the end, to make it feel more complete. 


Her body was silhouetted by the fire that raged angrily through yellow and orange flames—tugging through the air to sustain life. The girl sat near: perched on a log, staring hungrily into the flames.

Holding the pile of sticks in her hand, she acted like there was an interesting game playing out as her fingers uncurled from her outstretched hand. The sticks fell, one by one into the fire . . . leaving sparks that dissipate into the cooling air.

UPDATE: Word Prompt "Forget"

"All That Had Been Forgotten"

Originally posted on Tuesday; December 13th, 2011

It’s easy to mistake that she’s meeting someone there, as she sits on the bench alone. But as she raises her chin up--it reveals black mascara smeared beneath her eyes, and a streak down her cheek. The thin brown jacket and jeans that she’s wearing, does little to protect her from the rain and wind that’s whipping at her body.  

Her expression is one of torment, which holds the pain inside of the recent events in her life that she wishes to forget. Her shoes are deeply damaged—as if they’ve been worn year after year—having run in the fear that possesses her every day.