Ashes
I cry for her. He never should have touched her, while the woman who should have been protecting her and keeping her safe, just helplessly stood by and watched. She was innocent…just a child. She is gone now, but he has memories of her…in the basement, in the pool house…and in the woods. All I have is a pretty ceramic bowl with her ashes and the guilt of not finding out sooner and saving her. As I kneel down to check for a pulse, the bodies of my mother and father lay awkwardly on the ceramic tiled floor. Blood has pooled around their chests and heads, where the bullets viciously invaded their bodies. I loved her. She was my friend. She was my baby sister.
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This one is very powerful, Wendy. Evocative, as you are so very talented. Fabulous entry!
Red.
xxx
Thank you Red! That’s very nice of you to say.
xo
Very compelling writing, Wendy!..very intense and pictorial! Bravo!
Have a great day, my friend! xo
Thank you very much Deb.
That’s a pretty powerful piece!
Thanks Binky!
Another dark entry this one Wendy
And a very nice,
excellently applied piece of writing that I have enjoyed
Keep up the great work and do try to be good too
Androgoth XXx
I am always good Andro…whether I’m good OR bad!
Thanks for your comment. Always appreciated. xo
An amazing, albeit gut-wrenching, piece, Wendy. Have you entered any of your work in flash fiction contests? I was looking through fiction contests for novels in the new “Writer’s Marketplace 2013″ last night and saw several for short fiction and even flash fiction. You should consider entering if you haven’t. Your short works pack a punch.
I never thought of that Carrie, although when I first started, I entered a few on other blogs. Never came close to winning one though. Thanks for your nice comment.
Yikes. Scary and vivid. You’ve got a real talent for this, Wendy. Keep going!
Thank you Stacie! Nice of you to say. xo
You might be interested in this photo essay that appeared in Sunday’s NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/opinion/sunday/violence-dissected.html
I would have liked to have seen some of the pictures they refer to at the end of the article, but the author’s biography don’t even mention the book. Thanks for the link.
Click on the image that says “multimedia” next to the article. That’s how you can access the images.
Click on the image that says “multimedia” next to the article. That’s how you can access the images. Also the book is called “Redheaded Peckerwood” written by Christian Patterson.