The bride and groom leave the church. The bride looks lovely, as all brides do, but this one is especially beautiful. Ignoring the ‘no confetti’ signs, the guests throw handfuls into the frosty air, where it dances like snowflakes.
The groom catches hold of his bride’s hand and lifts it to his lips.
‘Happy?’ he mouths. She nods, but her eyes glance away from him.
She whispers in his ear, before walking away to where I wait: silently, patiently. She takes a single white rose from her bouquet and lays it gently on my grave.
‘This is for you, Mum.’
Another 100 word flash fiction post today. This one is for Friday Fictioneers, using the prompt above.
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Ah, very sweet and sad at the same time.
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Thank you 😊
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I liked the confetti like snowflakes image
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Thank you – it looked like a frosty day!
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So sweet… brought tears!
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Thank you, very kind 🙂
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This was a touching piece of writing. Well done
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Aw, thank you very much 🙂
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Heartbreaking.
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Based on true life, which makes it even sadder 🙁
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So very touching, like how you kept the POV to the very end.
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Thanks very much 🙂
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Dear Barbed Words,
Touching piece from a unique POV. Well done and welcome to Friday Fictioneers
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Thank you! Glad I’ve found you 🙂
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So much of a story in so few words… really sad and intriguing.
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Thank you 😊
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Beautiful.
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Thank you 🙂
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Beautiful. Last love didn’t erase the first love!💐
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You summed it up perfectly 🙂
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That’s how the dead live on, in our memory -with our love.
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That’s a lovely way to put it 😊
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This is such a touching piece! One of my favorite stories, this week!
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Aw, thank you very much! I don’t often do touching so it was a nice change for me 🙂
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A lovely attempt!
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Awww…beautiful!
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Thank you! 😊
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Lovely story, and so sad her Mum couldn’t be there.
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Thank you. I just read your post and I love the three POV, amazing! (I can’t post to blogspot for some reason!)
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Aawww. That’s a very touching tale.
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