Bonus post today! I’m giving the 100 Word Song a shot today. It’s the brainchild of Lance at My Blog Can Beat Up Your Blog. I’ve always liked Social Distortion and their song “Sick Girl” is to be the inspiration for a 100 word story. I was immediately reminded of Karyn Crisis when I heard this song and used her image to describe the girl. Here it is.
I could barely see her in the crowd; just the top of her bleached dreads. She was fighting her way towards the stage, two steps back at times. She was headed for the pit.
The music started as I caught her on the edge of the mosh. Dreads whipped my arms as she turned, saw me.
She had fresh marks on her arms and that large smile I loved.
Skin and bones, protruding veins, she gazed at the stage brown eyes glowing with fervor.
“That is gonna be me someday,” she said, as her eyes closed when she folded.
If you’re reading my Helene story at all, you know I love this. The grit, grime, and guts of this is too good to be true.
I’m jealous of the inpiration and honored you played Eric. welcome aboard.
Thanks, Lance! When I saw the song was “Sick Girl,” I just had to write something. Glad you like it.
In my next life I will be given the chance to return to the pit…Loved this 100words…and the memories that churned…perhaps I’ll start a geriatric mosh pit club?
Save me a place, Tasha.
Nicely done! And I’m digging the fact that we all seem to be looking back this week…
Yes, seems so. Thanks for visiting!
Gritty piece. A good fit to the song. I felt pretty gritty just listening to it
Great interpretation, love how the image really brought Sick Girl to life for me. And that her eyes were glowing as she watched the stage. Awesome
That hope is so stark. “That’s gonna be me someday”. Only it’s not, and the story, without slamming us over the head with that certainty, nonetheless reveals it.
Nice description of the pit and the girl, fits well with the song.