Looking Up



Sunshine amid the shadows, blaze of color blooms.
Light dapples down through the cloak of leaves.
Warmth filtering through the darkness.
Tentacle of brilliance finds me in the gloom.

~ Teri Liptak ~

Guest for Dinner (42 Words/Microstory)

The sound of laughing children woke her.  Dizzy from the blow to her head, she struggled to sit up.  The rope bit into her wrists.
 
“Help me,” she yelled into the darkness.

“We can’t.  We’re not supposed to play with our dinner.”