Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes.
The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in the picture (below).
This week’s prompt comes from Mike Vore, a gentleman whose work I am unfamiliar with.
But his excellent photo led me, perhaps unsurprisingly, down a mysterious path.
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© Mike Vore
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Life
I have had a pretty good life.
I don’t mean that I have always been a good person.
I haven’t.
But I was seldom malicious.
More selfish, I’d say.
I know I could have been a better father.
And I could hardly have been a worse husband.
But we all make bad decisions sometimes, don’t we?
My wife did, when she married me.
I didn’t, when I married her.
Now, when I reflect on my life, I am surprised at some of the choices I made.
I guess my path wasn’t always the logical one.
Just the one I chose to follow at the time.
I lived my life, travelled, had some adventures.
That’s what I mean when I say ‘a pretty good life’.
Do I have any regrets?
Not for how I lived my life.
But perhaps for the outcome.
Because now I am dying.
I am alone.
I will die alone.
And I doubt if many people will know, or care.
Oh well.
I have had a pretty good life.