These flowers, she had nurtured for months, looked sullen today. Droplets had crystallized underneath the white petals. She shook them off, letting it splatter on the icy ground. Maybe that would unfreeze her heart too. If only it could!!
The snow didn’t bother her as she walked towards the awaiting cab.
He kept staring at the road, long after the cab had pulled away. Little Timmy slowly crept under his drooping shoulder.
“Will Mommy live with Grandma now?”
He looked down, into innocent eyes.
“No son, she went to live her dreams”
This was going to be a hard winter.
100 Word Fiction
Well done … made me curious 🙂
thank you Irene
Aah! That was sad! My heart goes out to the lil child!
thanks for writing in Shilpa
So hard with dreams… They are many times the loneliest place to be in…. I still hope they can find a common dream.
That's really well said. Indeed dreams can be only. Thank you for writing in.
Dear Rajlakshmi,
Hopefully it won't take her long to realize that she left her dreams on the doorstep. Nicely done.
shalom,
Rochelle
Sometimes realization comes a tad too late. Thanks for writing in.
some times this becomes inevitable! reminded of the movie 'akele hum akele tum' 🙂
oh yeah, it had a similar story. Thank you for writing in 🙂
Sad and beautiful…she went to live her dreams….
Lily
yeah she did. Thank you.