audio, blog, Pat Aitcheson writes, short story

Inktober 14 – Overgrown

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listen:

She moved in on a grey, wet October day, carrying what she’d salvaged from the ruins of her life. Her tears were long dried but her heart wept blood tears unseen as she tried to make a new home. She gave up and settled for a place to lick her wounds in private.

She started cutting back the overgrown garden on a cold, clear December day. New Year’s Eve came and went; no kisses for her.

Instead she donned gloves and hacked away at brambles and nettles. With the right protection, she faced thorns and stings without fear. The compost pile grew. Her muscles strengthened. She transformed pain into something good, something that could feed new possibilities.

And one bright April day, once-hidden daffodils greeted the sun in the spaces she created, happy that their time to bloom had come again.


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