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Death is not the end , but a new beginning...
A chapter in the book Tiny Terrors
Going Home
by Dean Kuch
Going Home
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Resigned to a hospital bed, I knew now my arduous journey through life had come to an end. My family hovered all around me, grieving. They appeared to me, drifting in and out, with little definition or clarity. Diaphanous specters from an otherworldly plane of existence. They needn't weep for me.
My pain would end soon.
The heart monitor kept tempo with my shallow breathing. Rhythmic...
I heard him. A soft, essentially silken susurration.
He leaned over me then—like a passionate lover awaiting a kiss.
I wasn't afraid.
Flesh brushed bone...
I was going home.
100 Word Dash writing prompt entry
Going Home
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Resigned to a hospital bed, I knew now my arduous journey through life had come to an end. My family hovered all around me, grieving. They appeared to me, drifting in and out, with little definition or clarity. Diaphanous specters from an otherworldly plane of existence. They needn't weep for me.
My pain would end soon.
The heart monitor kept tempo with my shallow breathing. Rhythmic...
I heard him. A soft, essentially silken susurration.
He leaned over me then—like a passionate lover awaiting a kiss.
I wasn't afraid.
Flesh brushed bone...
I was going home.
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Writing Prompt Topic: A first kiss between strangers. Let's take flash fiction to the extreme. Can you tell a complete story with just 100 words. If so this is your opportunity to shine. |
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King James Version (KJV)
There is a Reaper, whose name is Death,
And, with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain at a breath,
And the flowers that grow between.~HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, "The Reaper and the Flowers"
God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled. ~Author Unknown
Death is a welcome stranger to everyone- until he comes tap-tapping on our own door...~Anon
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. ~Mark Twain
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