One Of A Kind
She was impeccable. His mentor. Love. Tears clouded his vision as he viewed their life together through photos he flipped.
“You ought to take better care of yourself,” she often scolded. He wanted to say the same to her. Couldn’t. He closed the album with her smile nestling in the recesses of his mind.
A wooden box nearby cradled ripe peaches. One had gone bad.
He thought of her, his mom. How she would have dealt with it promptly. Not like him.
He grumbled at the cancer that had wasted her body. Lifted the rotten fruit and threw it out.
From Guest Contributor Krystyna Fedosejevs
Krystyna writes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Her fiction and poetry have recently been published online and in journals at: Nailpolish Stories, 50-Word Stories, 100 word story, A Story in 100 Words, 101 Words, From the Depths (Haunted Waters Press), ShortbreadStories, and espresso stories. Her nonfiction has appeared in flash fiction chronicles and in Wild Lands Advocate. Krystyna resides in Alberta, Canada.
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