Diary Drabble: Flowers

The first flowers that started to grow after the long, long years of barren land following the explosion were the colour of bubble gum. Thin petaled, weak stemmed, fighting harder than they looked capable of to stay alive.

The first shoot came up at the end of summer; though the seasons had lost all meaning since the clouds had set in. This thin, wispy shoot had been accompanied by another, and then another still. And after three short weeks the first petals unfurled to reveal this bright pin...