she was holding a cake
a small cupcake
with frosting
the colour of cotton candy
topped off with sprinkles
every colour of the rainbow
and in the middle
was a candle
its light
illuminating my room
YOU ARE READING
Valerie
Short Story"that giggle that laugh it was so contagious it lit up my whole life made it seem like my life isn't so bad it gave me something i desperately needed h o p e ."