Black Wings -Tho Duc Le ‘22
-Aidan Davie ‘22
The colors dye the sky like little
The two girls are sitting at the kitchen table
fireworks, except they won’t explode. These
listening to music, swinging their legs to the
are ordinary people with the wings that connect
exciting rhythm. Kakera jumps down from the stool
to their shoulders which shape like a cape.
to answer the door while Yuzuki starts to set up the
Each color represents what is deep inside a
dinner table.
person. Just like the stars, they absorb the energy and release it in their own color. The town hall slowly collapses as a result of
“Mom, give me a moment I can’t open the door!” Kakera shouts to her parents outside. It takes both of the girls to shift the slightly
the snow storm. People crowd the exit. A light
oversized piece of wood out of its frame. An officer
from the blue wing rises up attempting to stop
comes up to their door and announces that their
the old rusted column from falling over. Then
parents sacrificed themselves to save others, just
comes another purple light pierces through the
how they are supposed to according to the assumed
panic crowd to help the man. One man and
purpose of their wings- the wings of saving and of
one woman emit waves of magnificent lights to
hope. Kakera can not let the man finish his
buy time for people’s escape. Soon the stars
announcement and burst into tears, screaming the
on their backs fade one by one. The woman fell
pain of losing her family. Yuzuki stares at him with
down unconscious; the man frowns from
anger and shock in her eyes, completely static as her
exhaustion as the last light from his wing fades.
feelings start to fill her body.
