Journal Entry - The Lemon Grove

Add Comment | Related Links | TrackBack
Related Content

Journal Entry - The Lemon Grove

The air tonight carried a ghost of citrus. Strange, how a smell can claw its way through memory stronger than blood or gunpowder. Somewhere past the ruins of the old highway, I stumbled into a grove–lemons, half-wild now, branches bowed with stubborn fruit. The world has rotted, but here, among cracked irrigation pipes and weeds swallowing the earth, the trees refuse to quit.

I picked a lemon. The rind was thick, gnarled, spotted with scars from drought, but when I broke it open, the scent burst out sharp and clean, like a blade cutting through rot. For a moment, I was sixteen again, barefoot in the orchards outside Calvessa, juice sticky on my hands, sun burning my shoulders. My mother's voice was there too, warning me not to eat too many or I'd ruin my stomach. I would kill for her nagging now.

Attached Image:

Raven Cross holding the lemon and J.W. Cheetah Silenced 1911.jpg

Raven Cross
Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:24:43 -0700

The sourness burned my tongue. I didn't care. I ate it down to the bitter pith, eyes watering. It tasted like life refusing to give in.

I don't know how long these groves will last. Raiders will burn them, or the soil will finally surrender. But for now, they stand. I stood among them with juice dripping from my chin, J.W. Cheetah 1911 pistol heavy at my side, and felt something I hadn't in a long time.

Hope.

Raven Cross
Sun, 19 Oct 2025 01:24:03 -0700

Add Comment | Related Links | TrackBack
Related Content

Did your message disappear? Read the Forums FAQ.

Add Comment

Spam Control | * indicates required field

TrackBack

TrackBack only accepted from WebSite-X Suite web sites. Do not submit TrackBacks from other sites.

Send Ping | TrackBack URL | Spam Control

No TrackBacks yet. TrackBack can be used to link this thread to your weblog, or link your weblog to this thread. In addition, TrackBack can be used as a form of remote commenting. Rather than posting the comment directly on this thread, you can posts it on your own weblog. Then have your weblog sends a TrackBack ping to the TrackBack URL, so that your post would show up here.

Your Name: *
E-mail:
	Remember Me!
Comment: *
	File attachment is optional. Please do not attach a file to your submission unless it is relevent.
Attach File: (5 MB Max)
Spam Protection: *	Answer of 6 + 8?
	Click button only once, please!