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Weekly Contest #200
He sits alone on the bench. The park is empty. He takes a deep breath in, holds it, exhales, thankful for the brief moment of peace and quiet. He knows it won’t last. The sun will rise, flooding down its unflinching light to drown him as he sits here. The others will come then, almost as if the light has released them from the cramped depression of their flats. They’ll tumble in; families, couples, young men or women on their morning runs. Each one coming to invade his personal island of solitude. Still, he’ll sit here, trying his best to dr...
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