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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019
Submitted to Contest #9
She sat silently beside the lake, staring out at the golden water and wondering. It’s odd how much wondering can go on in your head, even when you’re not really paying attention to it. Her eyes unfocused in the glinting light of the spring evening. She was so lost in the world of her mind, a bomb could’ve gone off, and she might not have heard it. The world was warming. This was the first time she’d ever really seen it. All her life, she’d lived in the south, where the weather was warm year round. She’d never actually seen winter turn into s...
I was once me.I am not anymore.It is strange, not to be yourself any longer.But that is what happens when you crash to the earth, your wings pulled from your back, bleeding, slightly feathered strips of skin and bone all that’s left.I once had wings.I was once an angel-kin.I was once a princess.I once was me.I am not anymore.I am this.This wingless, horrible thing.A girl who can walk on clouds because she was born to, but cannot get to them. A girl who had wings, but cannot soar as she used to. All because of her father.Ah, yes. My fath...
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