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Tree of Death

November 12, 2017 6 Comments

Tree of Death
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A tree, leafless. Trunk turned charcoal by fire. Life, gone.

Beneath it, dead earth. Empty earth marking out a circle of death. Not even dead leaves to break the monotony of chalky, greying silt.

Nothing will grow near the tree. No wildlife will approach it. The clearing is a dead zone.

And that is why she chooses to go there. It is only fitting to be her last resting place.

She lies down, back against the tree. Closes her eyes.

No sound. No birds. No anything.

She waits. Waits.

Eventually, she stops waiting.

And the tree, the clearing, are lifeless again.

By Meredith Anderson

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  1. CharlieBZ says

    November 12, 2017 at 9:19 am

    Really lovely story and I like how it’s up to the reader to determine who She is. Nice work with this flash fic!

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  2. Daria Kill says

    November 12, 2017 at 9:46 am

    Loved that.

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    • Elise (@Caliadne) says

      November 12, 2017 at 10:34 am

      Very lovely, I liked the picture you painted in very few words a lot!

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  3. Rebecca says

    November 12, 2017 at 12:17 pm

    Absolutely lovely! <3

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  4. Melissa says

    November 12, 2017 at 12:51 pm

    The description is very good. I was sad about how it ended but also at peace.

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  5. Bobby Warner says

    November 14, 2017 at 7:46 pm

    Wonderful vision of a dying person. Sad, but very good.

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