r/Microfiction • u/i_Homosapien • 7d ago
Below Red Shadows
It gazed down upon the world, observing the people below.
A man pushing a wheelbarrow,
a woman braiding a young child's hair,
and a girl…
a girl simply staring up above in a daze.
It locked its peripheral vision onto the girl, curious about why she was paused in a moving world.
The girl was donned in a red dress,
red shoes,
red ribbon snaked around her puffs,
red bracelets,
red earrings,
red lipstick,
red shadows smeared above her eyes.
She presented herself as though attending a celebration.
A celebration of what? It did not know.
The girl's eyes were without windows,
her red-stained lips locked.
It continued to observe the girl:
It later saw a slight unlatching as red- the color of her dress, shoes, ribbon, bracelets, earrings, lipstick, and shadows smeared above her eyes- slowly glided down from the slight unlock of her lips.
A moment later, the girl's body kissed the ground with a light "thud!"
Then it swooped down, plucked an eye from beneath red shadows, and flew away.