If only she could work harder, file harder until her hands hurt. Then she'd be done, then she'd be happy and could move onto something else.
But nothing changed, everything was the same.
Until one day, she looked up, past the concrete walls closing in on her and up into a speck of sky.
There, shining in the dark grey sky was something she'd never seen before.
A glowing amber orb, shooting and zig zagging across the space between the bars of her cage.
It was getting brighter... and bigger.
It ping ponged through they grey towers, the sound of the impact echoing off the concrete.
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The Girl Who Decided To Live Her Life In Colour - A Poem
PoéziaA short story about a girl who waded through her grey world and grey life. Until one day, she looks up and gets hit in the face with colour. That there is nothing that can stop us from living, if only we dare to leap.
