Lapis Lazuli 8: Ghosts

[bookblather]

Author: Kat
Title: Ghosts
Story: In the Heart
Colors: Lapis lazuli 8 (vestige)
Supplies and Materials: Miniature, seed beads, glitter (This is a poem for a beloved./Who never arrived.), novelty bead (Today, from a distance, I saw you).
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Anna's still looking for Delia.
Warnings: none.
Notes: Remember that work problem? Pride month #8.


There was a woman on the concourse with thick dark hair, and Anna was still looking for Delia in every crowd, still hoping uselessly... But it wasn't Delia, didn't even really look like her. Anna turned back to her daughter's worried little frown.

"What's wrong, Mommy?" Pia asked. "What did you see?"

Your mother, she could have said, or a ghost. But Pia was still too young for the truth. Besides, those wise brown eyes, that soft face, they were Delia's, and maybe Anna had been looking in the wrong place.

"Nothing special," she said, and took her daughter's hand.

Comments

[ilthit]

Oh no! I haven't read the story behind this but the idea of seeing my wife in our kid when she is long gone just went right to my heart.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, what an emotive drabble! You are v good at packing a lot into them.

[bookblather]

The story is a good deal more complicated than that, but the feeling, I imaging, is the same. Thank you for the comment! <3

[bookblather]

Thank you very much! My high school English teacher said my writing was too laconic and I just want to email her this comment. XD

[dark_kana]

Oh... So much emotion in so few words!

[bookblather]

Thank you!