It’s not quite Friday but it’s close enough to tell my story of 100 words on Friday Fictioneers. Our genteel host is Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. We are both addicted to purple. My story is inspired by Miss Janis Joplin’s singing the blues.
“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose”
I just love her cackle at the end of the song, don’t you?
PHOTO PROMPT -Copyright – Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
The fire roared in her belly. She felt the heat rising to her chest, up her throat into her mouth. She breathed out and saw the white cloud billowing into the cool air.
She sighed, releasing more steam into the night. Collapsing against the wall, her breath was jagged and painful. Her heart pounded. She heard its echo in the silence.
Not much longer! She muttered under her breath. Not much longer! I WILL be free.
The pain stabbed her heart like a bolt of lightning. She clutched and clawed at it, falling to the ground. The flames claimed her.
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Oh dear – You ROCK, Lily!!!! I’d be beyond ecstatic if my attempt to pen a 100 word story is even half as brilliant as yours! #HUGSS
Love ya
Kitto
Thanks! You rock also. 🙂
Excellent story and excellent inspiration! I love that woman’s voice!
Thank you! I love her voice too. I can hear the wine, whiskey, cigarrettes…life in it.
Lily
So much left unsaid and unknown, yet such pain revealed.
janet
Thanks for reading, Janet.
Lily
Oh .. so sad.. all her efforts were in vain.. and claimed by fire.
This certainly leaves the reader wanting for more….well done
Thank you.
Lily
They say fire is very cleansing.
Lily
Dear Lily,
They say freedom is never free. Sounds like she paid the full price for hers. Well written piece.
Very “poetic” in an odd sort of way. I really liked this piece. Not much longer —– for what? MMMmmm
Thanks Alicia! The strange thing about writing I find is that I don’t know where it all came from or where it is going.
Lily
A freedom of sorts I guess. Nicely written.
There are so many unanswered questions around this piece. I really like how it made me think, even if I can’t completely work out what’s going on!
Thank you Claire. I don’t know how it’s going to work out either. That’s the mystery and beauty of life – a lesson for me who is constantly trying to figure things out.
Lily
Beautifully written, Lily, I’m rooting for her and the fire claims her so suddenly. Whoa, I’m left wondering but still fully satisfied.
Thank you , Amy!
Lily, Great description. It seems she really gave becoming free everything she had left and used it up. Well written. 🙂 —Susan
Dear Lily, Just a wonderful story with all the descriptions and what a sad way to go, but the pain was horrible too! Excellent! Nan 🙂
Thanks, Nan. The thing with story telling, we can choose how it goes.
Lily
Her struggle was so well captured even without being explained. Well written 🙂
Thank you, Siobhan.
Lily