Photo prompt by any1mark66
OUT OF THE RAINBOW
by
Kelvin M. Knight
Stones, stones, there were always too many stones. She would have to create another sculpture. Sculptures were good. Stones were bad. The way they hissed at her, that same message, over and over. Covering her ears, she gritted her teeth. Her sculptures never spoke to her. They remained perfectly still, silent, respectful, as all offspring should.
‘Seen but not heard.’
She dropped one stone after another from her over-sized tunic’s sleeve. Then she prodded the stones into lines with her heels, seven arcing lines forming the enormous shape they told her to make. Over this she squeezed red berries, blueberries, and gooseberries.
Rain fell.
The sun shone.
A rainbow. No, two rainbows. One rainbow was good. Two were bad. Two were tearing a hole in the sky. Struggling to stand, she watched this hole consume the first rainbow’s end.
An end where there was no pot of gold. Yet there was something golden, with silver-tipped wings, and cloven hooves of bronze, peering out.
(165 words)
This is my 165 word story for the Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers challenge number 150. We are given a photo prompt that is kindly photographed by our participants and approximately 75-175 words with which to create our stories. It’s fun and everyone is invited to participate. For more information, click HERE.
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Your story has made me think of the birth of Pegasus. I’m probably way off beam but pegasus was born of the earth (had a brother) and had something to do with taking thunder and lightning to heaven. I thought it was very cleverly written (whether my interpretation is right or not.)
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That’s great, Irene. I am glad my story evoked such a powerful image. Cleverly written? Hmmmm…
Thanks for reading and enjoying and commenting.
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Interesting like PJ, your story got my attention.
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She is an interesting character, in an unusual setting, for sure. Thanks for commenting, Michael.
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Very nice K! 😊
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Thanks, M. Lovely to see you this evening. Hope your feeling more balanced now. 😇
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Getting there my friend! 😉
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Good. Good. Unlike me with my appalling spelling – your in my response above should be you’re – sheesh.
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Lol! You’re fine! 😊 Hope you’re well!
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I’m not too bad. The same back at you, kiddo. ☺️
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😊
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Excellent! It captured my attention and held it. It’s hard to imagine stones talking. Great story!
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Ah … thanks PJ … perhaps they weren’t… or maybe they were someone else. 😇
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I couldn’t keep from thinking about your story after I read it and it could have different meanings. Great story!
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really chewing on the ending – and like how you led up to that – such nice descriptions and words with lots to ponder….
‘Seen but not heard.’
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I found your comment in my spam folder, Y, I don’t know Y (🙃) – glad my story evoked a pondering in you. And that you like my humble descriptions. Thank you for saying so.
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I think my comments go to spam if I start leaving too many of them – maybe there is some limit – or red flags go off –
but thanks for rescuing it
🙂
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Please, make as many comments as you wish – on as many blogs as you want. I must get in the habit of checking my wordpress spam filter and hope comments aren’t automatically deleted after 30 days like on my mail platforms. 😬
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same here – only last year began checking spam – or maybe a little before that – but some bloggers go there more often – ha
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