A piece of writing from me

I don't have any profound words of wisdom today (surprise, surprise), so I thought that - since I'm a writer - I should share some of my writing with you.

*deep, panicked breaths*

Before I can chicken out, here's a quick standalone piece (250 words, I think?).

On the Hill of the King, Ella knelt beside her son. 'Here.'

He reached for the kite, hesitated, and drew his hands back. 'What if I break it?'

'You won't. I'll help you.'

He took it gently, reverently, unsure. Against the hillside and open sky he looked very small, very young. He held the kite up to the sky. 'For my father.'

Ella unwound the string. It knotted once, twice, and she eased it smooth with gentle fingers. She looked over to her son.

'There's not enough wind.' His bottom lip trembled. 'It won't fly, will it?'

'It will fly. For your father.' She lifted her face to the sky, to the wind. 'Please,' she murmured. 'One last time.'

The wind filled the kite. The string hummed under the tension. His face alight with sudden hope, the boy threw the kite into the air. It shot up like a startled bird, and he ran to claim the string. Ella passed him the spool and wrapped her slim hands around his boyish chubby ones.

For a moment the kite soared, fierce but contained. The spring-scented wind circled the boy's head, blowing his hair like the fine, fading grass around them.

'Here.'

The boy took the knife and looked at it a moment, then sliced the string.

With a bound the kite rose. Ella put her arm around her son's shoulder and pulled him close as they watched it go, unleashed, into the empty blue. A red shape, a spot, a speck, and gone.

At the foot of the Hill of the King stood a crowd, bunched, heads bowed. But no one set foot on the grass of the tomb but his family.

Maybe one day I'll write the rest of the story, but for now I prefer the way it is.

I wanted to share this because - well, it's hard to be a real person online, especially when you go by a pseudonym. Hopefully reading some of my work has helped you to feel like you know me a bit better, and I hope you enjoyed it! :)