Black Drabble
Dec. 2nd, 2008 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
garnigalShe wore black.
To sneak through the shadows, he said. To stay unseen, he said. To keep your secrets, he said.
She died on a full moon, when shadows were hard to come by, when she was seen, when her secret was discovered.
*****
She wore white.
To look innocent, he said. To be misjudged, he said. To keep your secrets, he said.
She died on a new moon, when innocence was undesirable, when she was judged and found wanting, when her secret was discovered.
*****
She wore red.
He said nothing, but took up a weapon and her cause.
She lived.
To sneak through the shadows, he said. To stay unseen, he said. To keep your secrets, he said.
She died on a full moon, when shadows were hard to come by, when she was seen, when her secret was discovered.
*****
She wore white.
To look innocent, he said. To be misjudged, he said. To keep your secrets, he said.
She died on a new moon, when innocence was undesirable, when she was judged and found wanting, when her secret was discovered.
*****
She wore red.
He said nothing, but took up a weapon and her cause.
She lived.
