Garden
She covered herself with soft blankets of down, showing only the cocoon that she built for herself. Lying silently, dormant in the sanctuary she created, she hid her ugly self from the world. One day, as she was sleeping, she was awoken by a rude crash. and a hideous black furry head poked in through her soft walls and stared at her naked as she is. She screamed. Throwing her gold at him, she bribed him leave. It felt colder that night, she couldn't stop shaking. Drawing her covers more tightly around herself, she boarded up herself such that not even a cold sliver of wind can come through.As the days passed, others slowly shed their skins. Staring out, she saw a rain of blood. She shivered in her shell.
In the garden, in a thicket of red rose bushes, there was one that never bloomed.
posted by Chrome @ 10:51 AM
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