Created:
2007-04-25 10:39:16
Keywords:
Calann : Happy House : Basement
Petals reach for the narrow strip of sunlight, streaming in through the barred window high above the gravelly floor. The flowers are scarce and sickly, near wilting, and it is a small miracle they even exist. Only a pace or two away, a figure shifts, crumpled in a heap and emitting low, faint sounds, as if whimpering. A frail hand stretches out, skin nearly translucent in the light, the veins unnaturally prominent against it. Tears muffle the small, broken voice.
"Mommy... I won't be a bad girl anymore..."