A sudden affliction on the surface accompanied by an abrupt pang.
Unbeknownst to us all, a battle commences. Little damaged structures surrender one by one. Red spills, pooling until it cascades. Black takes over—reaching the limit.
Pain lingers, and perhaps some suffering.
A bruise.
The battle culminates; coalescence ending the spill. Little damaged structures mend. Then an uprising blooms—purples, greens, yellows, or browns.
They fade away.
A distant memory.
Every now and then, it happens again. A sudden affliction on the surface accompanied by an abrupt pang.
We look back on our past and shrug it off.
A bruise—nothing more.
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Drabbles
General Fiction❝A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction of exactly one hundred words in length, not necessarily including the title. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in an extre...
