Extinguished Stories

A developing list/assortment of very short poems.

I was cheerful until I was extinguished in the darkness

I was a rubber band Then I snapped I was a glass Then I broke I was a bird Then I broke a wing I was a fire Then I extinguished I was yours Then you left

Here is the truth written in fantasy, and by that it's really secrets of mine, and maybe people's I'm not supposed to know, written between the lines. So really this whole thing is about "Hiding In the Rain" as I put it. "Hide with me, You already do."

"Hurting loved ones is exhilarating in the moment but once I run out of fuel, their pain creates jagged lines in my heart."

A ritual yields an unwanted reward. 100-word limit challenge I instilled upon myself for this story.

Ember is on the run from a scientist who wants to preform experiments on her with Zane who is in love with her.