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Sun

by Christina Martin

She sits bathed in sunlight for the last time, the warmth of it keeping her from feeling like a ghost. Tomorrow's the day for that, for others to see nothing but a fragment of a girl surrounded by comfort and family and feeling lost all the same. Tomorrow she'll be elsewhere, in a place where numbers and calculations are no longer suffocating in their displacement. Tomorrow she'll have a purpose beyond superficial satisfaction and for once she'll feel challenged. For once, she'll be happy. Tomorrow's the day for that, today's the day for the sun.

6S

Christina Martin is a poor college student with far too much time on her hands.

5 comments:

Joe said...

Very well-written. Nice touches and I liked the addition of a place without numbers and calculations. Look forward to more of your writing.

Anonymous said...

Jeanette Cheezum

This is beautiful and heartfelt.

Mark R. said...

Well done six. We should all have a purpose "beyond superficial satisfaction".

quin browne said...

it's a nice piece to introduce yourself to six...

Leatherdykeuk said...

lovely