Flash Fiction and Poems by Bobbi Lane
Frozen in Time
There she stood standing in the well, wondering if anyone would hear her scream. She was drenched and freezing. She would be dead in a matter of hours if no one found her. She saw the light but couldn't get out because there was two inches of ice around the sides. There was one little nylon rope hanging down the well. She tried and tried but no matter what she did she couldn’t get out; she was too wet and cold. She wound up wearing herself out to the brink of death. She was remembering all the good times when she heard some voices, but by this time she had lost all hope. Then she saw the most beautiful thing in her life. It was the face of her brother and the man from the nearest farm house 15 miles away.
Nightmare
She woke to a crackle, not knowing where it was coming from. She looked out the window and saw the most horrific thing she could have ever imagined seeing. Her barn was up in flames and her animals are trapped in side. She goes to her parents rooms and try’s to wake them but they don’t' wake till they heard "the barn is on fire". They wake with a fright and her mother barrels down stairs and opens the door and falls to pieces. Her step-father calls 911 knowing nothing could be done it was all too late. It seemed like forever but they fire department finally got there. They got there and put the fire out but the only thing left standing was the silo. She would live her life blaming herself for not waking up in time to save her mom's pride and joy; her seven beautiful horses.
Geo Tipping
We were driven along on a horrible dirt road on our way to the movie. Next thing I know I’m upside down in a little green geo that is suppose to be right side up. I released the seatbelt and see if the people in the back are okay. They are fine, just shaken up, but I saw the driver was missing along with her window. We have to kick the doors to open them because they are sunk in snow. We finally get out and frantically search for our missing friend. Thankfully she was alright nothing happened. She was just too fast at getting out of the car. She was hysterical but alive and well. The others burst out laughing because it was hysterical and kind of a rush.
Tooth Fairy
Karisa fell to the ground after getting hit in the face with a basketball. She was 10 years old and lived in a mediocre neighborhood. The basketball knocked out her last baby tooth. She had been dreading this day because she had watched Darkness Falls with her friends after her parents told her she couldn’t watch it.
She was hoping it would stay light out all night because in the movie the tooth fairy can’t go into any kind of light or she’ll get burned. The tooth fairy only comes to children’s house’s when they lose their last baby tooth. If the child sees her, she’ll haunt them and try to kill the children because she doesn’t want anyone to see her horrible burns.
Karisa was scared to death that the movie was going to be
reenacted. She stole coffee from her
parents to try to stay awake that night.
Karisa had flashlights by her bed, so she could use them if she needed
to. She fell asleep around
Karisa jolted awake when she felt something on her pillow. She grabbed a flashlight and started beating, what she thought was the tooth fairy, over the head. She was screaming, yelling, kicking, and biting the “tooth fairy”. Her eyes hadn’t adjusted to the darkness and she was still a little groggy, so she couldn’t see right yet. Karisa’s mother came running into her daughter’s room to see what the matter was. She found her daughter on her husband’s back biting his ear and beating his head with a flashlight.
Karisa’s parents sat her down and explained what happened and the truth about the tooth fairy. They all had a good laugh about it afterwards.
Life
Life is a black hole
Round ‘n’ round
You will go
Into the darkness
Where you may lose your soul
You are drug
Into the darkness
Screaming for help
In complete consciousness
Your wonder why
No one answers
You feel cold, abandoned,
Hatred and loneliness
You wonder where
All the love has gone
Life is a black hole
There is no beginning
Yet no end
Just total and complete darkness
Pain
Pain is all around.
It is in you and me.
Pain is a parasite;
it cannot survive without you.
No one knows how it began,
or where it will end.
It has no past,
yet
no future.
The Perfect Part
You play the perfect part
You are the sweetest person,
then you become the devil’s advocate.
You show the best sportsmanship,
then become the other team’s worst nightmare.
You say one thing,
but mean another.
You have the sweetest smile,
but really your thinking “What a freak.”
You pretend to be smart,
but really you know nothing at all.
You put on the perfect show,
but who are you?
Your Orlando Bloom one day,
and Brad Pitt the next.
You played the perfect part.