The Plague
She had purple eyes. There were certain colors that she couldn’t see and the world was a less congested place for her. She also had the powers of turning an object invisible for her eyes and thereby, eliminating the object. She had eliminated, for instance, pumpkins, crows, three whole men and a caterpillar.
One day, she met a sage who told her - “Growing up is adapting to the things we’d like to eliminate.”
She felt bad and decided she wouldn’t be eliminating things from then on. But suppressing your greatest powers is equivalent to holding within yourself a darkly cursed premonition. Soon she was on the verge of insanity.
At last, one day she murmured - “My powers don’t suit me. I could neither use them nor put them to rest. I’ll never be a simple girl. This world doesn’t suit me.”
After the world was eliminated, she started adjusting to the ensuing grey darkness.
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Who knew that the annihilation of the world could be such a lovely coming of age story?
This is one of the times I am thankful I am a simple woman and have no powers, though eliminating pumpkins would be nice. Very interesting, Clown.
Ivy: Thanks. It’s really a paradox.
Jane: I really agree with you about the pumpkins part. And I believe you have great powers too - of creating worlds through your writings. I’m not too sure if that’ll make you happy though.
Smile.
We named our pet rat “Plague.” I kinda wish he had purple eyes.
I’m finally starting to learn that total annihilation isn’t as beneficial as it seems, So what if it took me 40 years to learn this.