Yesterday evening the group posted the picture for October. As soon as I saw it, I knew this image would be the one to inspire me enough to lose my 'flash fiction virginity'.
Below is the picture as well as the words it inspired. I hope you'll like it, but either way,let me know what you think.
The Hug
I was melting inside
my ridiculous costume, counting the seconds until I’d be able to take it off
again when I saw him. He sat on his own at the back of the large tent we were
in. His head and back were bowed and he stared at the ground just in front of
his feet.
I forgot about the
heat and discomfort. His sadness and pain seeped from him and towards me in
slow cresting waves. I walked away from
the screaming kids who’d been hanging off and climbing all over me all
afternoon and walked towards the saddest man I’d ever seen.
I’m still not sure
what made me do it but I sat down on his left leg and leaned into him. I would
have talked but that wasn’t easy from inside the costume. I think he glanced at
me for a second before he wrapped his arms around me, clasping the fake fur
entrapping me.
He didn’t make a
sound as tears fell from his eyes to our legs and I stayed until the last drop
had fallen.
I’ll get out of this
costume now and I will find him. He needs me.
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