She came through fire,
and she will return through fire,
her path is straight
she knows precisely what to do.
All the girls, being used
abused
spit on, hit on, hurt
looked down on,
she will lift up,
and make strong.
These women, who’ve been scarred inside and out,
she will avenge.
She will hunt the oppressors down
and end them
with fire.
Because her heart has known pain
and her mind has known fear
at the hands of one who was meant to love her.
It pushed her through flame
making her see, giving her strength.
And now she will not abide
the abuse
on any of her daughters
anymore.
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Wow, so late this week (last week?) Better late than never, I suppose.
Friday Fictioneers: a story in 100 words prompted by a picture that Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts every Wednesday.
Here’s a link to the rest of the stories for this week: Friday Fictioneer Stories
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Very powerfully worded piece that evokes great strength, control and understanding. Well done, despite or perhaps, because of the very difficult subject. 🙂
Thank you so much!
I like the mythic quality of this. I’m trying to think if there are any legends about an avenging female force but at the moment I can’t think of any… In which case it would be nice to have invented one 🙂
I did a quick internet search to see if there were any myths about anything like this but didn’t find any. I’m sure there is something out there, I just didn’t find it.
Thanks for reading the story 🙂
Now I come to think of it I might’ve been thinking of a Nirvana song, which says “she’ll come back as fire, burn all the liars, leave a blanket of ash on the ground” 🙂
Well worth the wait, Rachel. Excellent!
Thank you 🙂
great piece. i feel the fire as it rages on, smoldering, and about the consume everything on its path.
Thank you!
I did this one too. Nice work!
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thank you 🙂
Great piece! I love the idea of an avenging fire angel, descending on the abusers.
Thanks !
Rachel,
there’s some powerful emotion in here, both good and bad. It reminds me a bit of the movie Enough, just the fierce resistance to longterm violence. Nice use of the picture too.
Thank you 🙂
I agree with Amy. Your piece was worth waiting for, I’d almost stopped reading this weeks FF stories and am so glad I kept going. Well done.
Thank you so much!
Good for going after the bad abusers!
Nan 🙂
Thank you, Nan!!
Emotional and powerful. Great job.
Thank you!
Rachel, I suppose this strong piece could stand for any women who fight back against abuse. Well written —Susan
Thank you, Susan. I would be proud for this piece to stand for any woman who fights back against abuse 🙂
This was powerfully written.
Thank you !
Powerful tale. Let’s hope she succeeds.
Thank you!
This is a nice poem. I like that you went deep with the image of fire and the concept of using fire as a sort of cleansing tool for such deep pain.
🙂
Thank you so much!
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