Sparkling (Flash Fiction)

Sparkle, Sparkle, Little heart, 
Stand brave and tall without a mark.

Look straight into the bright blue sky

Pretend that you will never ever sigh

Sparkle and dance with all your might

Try and try to reach the light 

Her song haunted us all, as we stood at the cliff’s edge staring down
in the shadowy chasm. I didn’t know what to say. They didn’t know what
to say.

So we all stood there and said nothing and waited for the sparkles to fade away.

Sparkles that still shimmered, sparkling, in the night, the only proof that an angel had been there just seconds before.

(c) Sara Harricharan