[05] [Fullmetal Alchemist] Burn and crash, fall

[grassangel]

Title: Burn and crash, fall

Theme: 05, 'with every trailing plume'
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist
Characters/Pairing: Edward and Alphonse
Rating: G

 

Burn and crash, crackle and sizzle.

It was burning, all evidence incinerating and being destroyed with every single lick of flame, every wave of crackling heat.
Orange washing over everything, cleansing back to black and removing the white salt of tears, of failure. Removing everything that has stood there, except for memories and sin.

They walk away from it, trying to bury the former and resolve the latter. They will journey onwards, trying to accomplish this quest. One day they will come back and realise they can't lock away memories, they can't wash away sin; that all that has happened is a part of them.

This pile of ash- carbon is a part of them, just like we are part of the earth and we are a part of it.

 

And in the morning a single trail of smoke stands, soon whisked off by the wind towards it's destiny.

Comments

[dreamer1789.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! This so beautiful! Very powerful and captivating.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

Heh, thank you. This is one of the pieces where I went over the top with descriptions, something that I love doing.
Anyway, thank you for all the wonderful comments!