SUPERHERO

This month the prompt is:

In 300 words or less create a superhero-like character and describe how he/she became a superhero. Include his/her special powers and how he/she uses them for good.    

Here is my submission:

Sylvia looked up towards the cloudless pale blue sky

Past the tower blocks using her inner eye

She focused all her energies on the matter in hand

She stooped down gracefully to gather a handful of sand

With the sea at her back and the hotels in the foreground

She looked like any other maternal figure strolling on the beach

So quickly did she chant under her breath thinking that each

Time she stood still it would seem she was just resting her bones

As she flicked her fingers over the sapphire blue birthstone

She held in the pocket of her white cable knitted cardigan

She trickled the grains of sand through the fingers of her other hand

She pictured the young girl in the top floor apartment crying

Gathered all the sorrow in the room that was arching and swirling

Caught it in her mind and immediately turned towards the ocean deep

She stood strong and extended her hand out with one full sweep

As the grief dissipated into the sea spray, taken by the white rollers

The sea creatures would catch any that tried to stray back to the beaches

Later on in the evening sitting in the restaurant for a meal with her daughter

She caught a glimpse of the girl sitting at the next table and saw the aura

Enveloping the teenager’s head radiating out with pastel coloured hues

She knew then that her powers were still strong and she could rescue

Some struggling poor souls who would never know of her super powers

She takes their troubles and disperses them with a flick of her fingers

Rubbing the magic birthstone bequeathed down through the generations

To the first born daughters from the noble blue blooded British maidens.

Word count: 292