Twisted Tournament

Competition

melancholy

Prompt #1 | must be in the mood of:

a bridge

Prompt #2 | must take place by:

writer's choice

Prompt #3 | n/a:

The bridge between

by Taurenelle

Letters rained from a hundred feet above, flirting with the river, arguing with the wind, and woefully landing on the collection of discarded goods Gabriel called his home.

The woman, casting memories like thunder from a scorned parapet, watched him as he collected her broken promises, barefoot and shivering.

Gabriel added them to the pile of burning litter, keeping him warm.

His dejected eyes met hers, and they silently sang a thousand elegies in the dimming light.

Despondent lips quivered as she attempted to grasp yesterday in the floating embers, her sorrows helping him survive another night.

And his, her.

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