A life wasted – Friday Fictioneers

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It’s Friday Fictioneers time! The challenge is to write 100 words based on a weekly photo prompt chosen by our host, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Check out her blog for more information by clicking here. Thank you to all who take the time to read, like or comment.

2016-09-30

PHOTO PROMPT © Amy Reese

A life wasted

It began as a place to store his dreams, desires and aspirations. He’d write them on slips of paper, fold them neatly and place them in the rented storage container.

As the years went by it became the place he stored all of his disappointments, regrets and shame.

Elderly and atop a ladder, he attempted to add his final entry to the tip of the mountain. His balance failed him, the floor broke his bones and thousands of neatly folded slips of paper rained down, burying him completely.

The piece found clasped in his hand read simply: ‘A life wasted’.

10 responses to “A life wasted – Friday Fictioneers”

  1. rgayer55 Avatar

    How sad. To get the most out of life, we actually have to get off our butts and do something. I’ve known people who kept saying, “Someday I’ll do this,” or “When I retire we’ll . . .” Unfortunately, most of those dreams and aspirations never came true.

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  2. Edith M. Field Avatar

    This sent a cold shudder down my spine. A beautifully crafted piece with an ominous ring of truth.

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  3. Iain Kelly Avatar

    Beautiful image, really well written.

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  4. Laurie Bell Avatar

    Oh very well told. Sad and despairing. Killed by his own frustration and failures.

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  5. Michael Wynn Avatar

    Well told and evocative.

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  6. The Writer's Village Avatar

    I really liked this allegorical story. Sad, funny, ironic, and poignant.
    Reminds me of the words on Richard Brautigan’s suicide note after he shot himself, “Messy, isn’t it?”
    Randy

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  7. neilmacdon Avatar

    I really liked the idea of this

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  8. FabricatingFiction Avatar

    Such a lot crammed into the word count. Very well done.

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  9. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    A smile arrived when I read his.

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  10. aliciajamtaas Avatar

    I like the way you took this man through time on small pieces of paper. I would like to know what he wrote.

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