Violet was born after a spring storm. She emerged from between the rainbow’s green and blue arcs. I am a centenarian angel, called to witness her birth. I’d been handmaiden to Death through all my years, grief skewing my existence. I was granted this new assignment, my aging wish. To assist non-humans within a species immersed in flights of fancy and joy.
I nudged Violet’s tiny fairy wings, guiding her through the sun’s rays toward the Land of Beneficence. Here she would learn to interact with the young offspring of humans when she journeyed to their earth. To spark their imaginations before ideas of difference and negativity took root. The hope of humankind lies within Violet and all her pixie kin, born every time a rainbow appears. My task, your very livelihood, is within the rainbow. Everything I do is stitched with its color.
Written for Prosery Monday at dVerse, the virtual pub for poets around the globe.
Today we are to include the line “Everything I do is stitched with its color” in a piece of flash fiction, composed of 144 words, sans title. The required line is from a poem written by William Stanley Merwin, 17th Poet Laureate of the United States.
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lillian the home poet 
What a lovely and beautiful tale and how very different from where my mind went. The thought of a pixie born from the colors to give children a bit of good influence before they stiffen to humans is excellent.
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Thank you Bjorn. I always so appreciate when I receive a positive comment from you. Wouldn’t it just be wonderful if our future lie within the rainbow’s pixies?
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Oh Lillian, I love where your imagination took the line. Selah!
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So glad you enjoyed. Sometimes the pen just moves….I really love the line.
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Oh, the line works so well in your story. Beautiful! I so want this fantasy to be true! 🌈 💙
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Me too!
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😊
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Of course she was born after a rainstorm! What a lovely way to describe the rainbow’s colours.
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Thank you, Jane. Glad you enjoyed!
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WOW!!! A really lovely imagined tale.
Much❤love
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Thank you, Gillena. So glad you enjoyed! Hope to see your Thursday and/or Saturday at OLN LIVE!
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Such a fine imagination. Although Death needs a helper too, it must be so much more enjoyable to get to be with small children during their formative years
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Love the magical and whimsical details in this one!! 🌈💓
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Beautiful imaginings.
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Fully of whimsy. Lovely prose, Lillian.
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Just what we need in these challenging times. Magic and whimsical imaginings.
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A delightful story, Lill, stitched full of colour, and I love the idea of a land called Beneficence and a ‘handmaiden to Death’.
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Your magical words weave rainbows in the sky with new meaning! I loved this so much, Lillian. 🌈🧚♀️
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