With a gentle puff from her mouth, she blew out the flame,
leaving a cherry red glow that became enveloped in white-grey ash.
Immediately
the perfume filled her nose and opened her sinuses. She could almost feel the
scent opening her mind, easing the pain that had started to pinch behind her
eyes. She still covered one, the flaring pain making sparks appear when she let
go enough to open it.
She’d been prone to migraines for years. The doctors weren’t
helpful, except in prescribing pain killers. They worked some of the time, but
she hated being laid up, completely useless for an hour or more while she lay
conscious but blind.
Smoke curled up and she moved the stick, watching the
swirls. She leaned over and inhaled it, letting out a deep sigh when her lungs
were full. Her eyes closed, the sense seemed to move from her nose to her
throat and ears, and finally her eyes.
She gazed through the muted light coming through sheer
drapes. They damped the sharpness of the sun, easing her vision, but leaving
more than enough to read or write or even work on the computer.
Thank God for lavender and mint.
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