Literature
FFM challenge day 24 The White Lilies
The temple is empty. No gods, no priests, no ever-burning fires, no sticks and stones and blind totems. All the cribs are empty, no babes in the bedding, no childless mothers attending. The only thing left on the altar is a single cut lily, placed with care.
At the center of the city, the penitent fill the streets. The sun has no mercy, and shadows have no place to hide. Today is the cleansing day and the day of defiling, the judgement of the sinless and the sinners alike.
On the stage, barefoot and shaking, the seven virgins wait. Four boys and three girls, raised by nameless mothers and taught only patience and silence. The Lilies stand,