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Weekly Contest #339
The first of my last words to you would be: What life would you come to know?His tiny hand fitted around my finger, with the strongest grip that a newborn could manage, as though holding onto me forever. I pulled the long sleeved onesie from the drawer, a secondhand pick, dull and worn. I hadn’t been able to buy another. But it was enough for now. My hands moved gently as I worked his small limbs through each hole. The cotton soft blanket was next, fitted snuggly around his chubby face, his entire body now warm enough to face the outside dra...
Weekly Contest #338
Flimsy sheets of homework with a mixture of the most vilest combinations of letters and numbers sat on the table. Algebra. Each day that passed, a sliver of regret creeped in. I shouldn’t have come back to this age. I double checked to ensure that some were incorrect. I had no desire to place hope in my teachers that I would go far, I just needed to pass. The less eyes on me. The doorbell rang, the tune filled the air in the small apartment. I raised my head to see if anyone else would tend to it. But father had passed out against the kitche...
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