New SixContest! What are you for? What do you believe in?Say it in Six!

They preferred death for rainbow sheep

BY Mikibits on August 31, 2019
2 | 6 Favorites
It had been three years since they heard from me, I had been so afraid to tell them I'd escaped the closet they had unknowingly locked me in. But here they were, searching for me, afraid for me, needing to know I was okay. I was better than okay, I told them. I was finally happy, living my life. When I reconnected with my family, I told them the truth, because that's what you do for the people you love. They feigned acceptance at first, but then it became clear: their religion proclaimed that my death would have been better news. It's ten years later: they search no longer, afraid of me, the deadly rainbow in their black and white world. I still love them, but they're too busy mourning the death of someone who never existed, the shadow in a dark closet. Family unable to see the light.

Leave a Comment or Share a Story

Comments

Your Turn. Say It In Six

Zero Words
Backstories Behind Six

The story behind our favorite Sixes.

Shop Six

Need a quick gift? Try Six.

Make an impact. Support Six Words.