Piano, Piano
©January 21st, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Word Count: 100 words of text, exactly
Genre: Magic Realist Heartbreak Tale
Softly, you stole her heart, and drowned it.
You spoke of dreams, played songs, and promised … nothing.
Stepping unsuspectingly in the wake of your beauty, your tightly-lidded passion, she was swept away.
And as she gasped for air, waving frantically, her hair was grabbed by seaweeds. Little fish nibbled at her feet. Twisting to look for you, she saw nobody.
Her clothes caught on spikes and coral, as she descended, coming to rest softly on a drowned piano, an ancient thing.
Her hands moved.
Undersea music rippled. A song bubbled to the surface like a sob.
Humming, you sailed on.
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