Nightlock Pocket

by Lysana

Cinna's experience of creating the little pocket to hold the deadly nightlock pill on Katniss' Mockingjay uniform. I keep thinking about this and it seems to me that it must have been very painful for him. He clearly cared about her. What might you or I have felt, creating something like that? And yet, it was a gift he gave her out of love, to shield her from what he faced himself.

painful stitches
tiny, delicate
little pocket
poison pill

Katniss' shoulder
secret safeguard
final escape

Death for my Katniss,
safety from torture,
freedom to choose.

I stitch.
I finish.
My heart hurts.