Microdosing Fiction - 60mg of a Moment
Write 60 words based on the word: Moment
Our prompt for today is MOMENT
Write a story in 60 words!
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A moment is enough. A word is enough. Sometimes, a thought is enough to break a heart. To end a story of two souls—too soon.
Nothing is enough after that. Not eons, not books of apologies. Never the thoughts.
No. Once a moment passes, there’s no taking it back. The world continues to spin and waterfalls keep pouring from the eyes.
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Gus was training his grandson on pistol. Paden held the weapon uncertainly in his left hand.
“Son, that arm holds the most powerful life changing machinery known to man.”
“I know PopPop, I’ll be careful with the gun.”
“No, son, I mean your wristwatch. That shows the last moment before you pull a trigger. The last chance before everything changes, forever.”
Moment / 60 Words
He’d had his fifteen minutes of fame, his moment in the sun. Forgotten by all, as years went by.
Hero, no longer. Cop, no longer. Hopeful, no longer. Colin Shaw stood in the small kitchen drinking another beer.
A knock on the door. Two little girls, now grown women, stood smiling. He saved them once, now they would save him.