Echoes That Didn't Fade
The words just hung there between them like something you could see. The words were really hanging in the air, between them.
She did not answer. Her mouth. Then closed again like the thing inside her could not find the strength to come out. Her arms just hung there at her sides her fingers were dirty and bloody. They moved a little. One time. Then they moved again. Slowly her hands started to curl up it was a move something she did without thinking. This was not hope, not now.. It was something like she was fighting against feeling really bad. It was, like a small hurt part of her was not giving up the woman was not letting go the woman was holding on to something.
The courtyard was really quiet, around them. It was like nobody was making a sound. The courtyard just lay there in silence.
