Please enjoy my microfiction, “A Widower’s Decline,” first published in 50-Word Stories
Numbness spread through him as the years passed, undoing the wishes they made throwing pennies into Fontaine des Mers while strolling the Place de la Concorde. Now, a lifetime later and too old for dreams, he tossed pocket change in a jam jar next to their bed before falling asleep.
©C.JeanDowner
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lovers arrive with petals in bloom soon depart as flowers wilt stars fall when perfumed nights fade Summer a carousel of delight ends, too finished
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push and pull of ocean tidesrestores her tired limbsevening strolls in old-growth forestssoothes her grieving heartdappled dew on wildflower bloomsunfurls her tangled thoughtsthen on her