FALL WRITING FRENZY

My submission for the Fall Writing Frenzy.

Thank you Kaitlyn Sanchez for hosting and Lydia Lukidis for co-hosting this community building contest. 

ORANGE LINE

By Dawn Byrne

Someone painted an orange line up the middle of Maple Street. That solid line keeps cars and trucks from crashing into each other. It’s a very important line. Ryder peddles uphill over the cracked and bumpy sidewalk to race with the line.

Trees with orange leaves along both sides of Maple Street reach across and hug each other. They make a bright tunnel. Ryder and the line zoom through it among free falling leaves. Everything is orange!

Ryder brakes at the corner.

The line breaks too.

It jumps over Broad Street and speeds into the misty white morning.

Ryder isn’t allowed to cross Broad Street. So, she stays where everything is orange.

For now.