Unseen Fall

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Like a vibrant flower in full bloom, 2015 was my life’s blessed prolonged spring. We got our million-worth dream house. Most especially, we finally have our first born after five years of waiting. A blissful life season ends after the unseen 2016 fall.

My husband’s an animal rights advocate. I love and hate him for that. He avoided a stray cat on that fateful night, in exchange of his and our only baby’s lives. I survived, barely.

From a lovely blossoming bud my life’s now like the naked trees I overlooked outside my asylum’s window– alive but barely breathing quadriplegic.  

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Word count: 100 words

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Photo credit: J Hardy Carroll

In response to Friday Fictioneers prompt for 08 April 2016.

Friday Fictioneers is a weekly writing challenge hosted by the generous Fairy Blog-Mother Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, where a photo is used as a prompt for a piece of fiction.

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67 thoughts on “Unseen Fall”

    1. Thank you, PJ! I agree dear. This is sad but that’s what the photo’s impression on me. The naked trees felt so haunting. It’s like they are alive but barely breathing.

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  16. Shocker ending and very tragic. She survived but she can’t even hold her own baby. And she’s in an asylum? Is she depressed too?

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      1. Oh, I see. We wouldn’t call it an asylum here. In my Grandma’s time, they called places where people with mental illnesses went asylums. A place for quadriplegics would be a care home or a Rehabilitation Centre. Hence, why I didn’t understand and thought she was depressed as well as quadriplegic 🙂

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      3. Oh sure. Let me know if I’m commenting too much. I didn’t comment much this week, took a break, so there were a bunch of pieces at once.

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  19. Oh what a tragic story. I had to read it three times before I dared comment. First, I had to let my heart stop racing and then I had to double check and make sure it was fiction. I didn’t want to compound such a tragedy with an insincere comment. Your poweful flash fiction caught me off gaurd and took my breath away. You are extremely talented and I enjoyed reading this post.
    Melissa Sugar
    http://melissasugarwrites.com

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    1. Oh my Melissa. Oh my.
      First of all, it was great meeting you (virtually). 🙂 I am always delighted to see new readers in my post.
      Second.. I am just so elated with you comment. Yes, this is fiction. But thank you for being such a sensitive reader. 🙂
      Third, I would love to know you and read you more too. 🙂

      Thank you!

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  24. In less than a second life changed so much for her. Loved the bud to naked tree image. Not so sure about the term asylum, will have to think on that. But a real tragic story.

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