Words Like Niagara Falls: Flash Fiction

Words swarm me, exploding like fireworks bright and brilliant, full of meaning.  Their essence heavy on my chest.  Waiting for a chance to reveal themselves.  Waiting to dive deep beneath the dark blue surface.

For now, they wait.  Held by responsibilities.  Standing in a neat row. Protected and silent.  Waiting for the door to burst open, so that they can come gushing out like Niagara Falls.  Tumbling over in a torrent. Caught in a whirlpool, swirling, eager, crashing against granite.

Until they pass the tide pools, into calmer water and find their way to the ocean.  For now, they wait.

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100 Words

Go to Rochelle Wisoff’s  Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story for Friday Fictioneers.

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