[Fiftywords] Her Shelves (Micro-fiction)
Hello again everyone, this is another story for Fiftywords challenge which is managed by @jayna. The prompt this week is "book."
The prompt this time is interesting one, and I had many ideas but the idea I decided to use was in my head for a long time, I just didn't find the suitable prompt to write it. So here we go:
Her Shelves
He took a random book, and sat on the chair he believed was hers.
Because he might get a clearer image of the woman who died giving birth to him.
What are your thoughts?
There was a saying: "To know a person, know what he reads." I based this story on imagined version of myself.
My real-life mother has a big library of books, I read many of them since I was young (not so much in the recent years) I was thinking if my mother wasn't alive I might've read the books trying to imagine what she was like. Of course, my mother is still alive so it's only "what if" scenario.
Thanks for reading.
Wow. That is powerful. Sad and tragic, but very powerful.
Thanks for reading. I really hoped the last line was powerful enough!
I loved this last line. It took me by surprise and reminds me of the I Ching hexagram: #27 - The Corners of the Mouth
The CORNERS OF THE MOUTH.
Perseverance brings good fortune.
Pay heed to the providing of nourishment
And to what a man seeks
To fill his own mouth with.
Thanks for reading, I wanted the last line to be impactful, I'm glad it did so to you~
Yeah, I don't like the (completely) sad stories, but I love the bittersweet ones, like what I consider mine.
Nice! I can relate to it (my mother died last year, still have a lot of her books, ready to read them one day...)
Thanks for reading, wish you the best.
Great story. Surprising ending. I agree with that premise. Books tell a lot about their owners.
Glad you were surprised by the ending, that's what I was aiming for... and yeah books do tell about their owners.
Very nice, @ahmadmanga. This is really touching. I can almost imagine such a scenario based on your story. One would have a curiosity that could never be satisfied.