Drabble - Revenge
October 15, 2005 – 7:38 pmThis is a titleless piece. Inspiration came during dinner when there were fish eyes and I thought, “An eye for an eye.” Which led to, ‘a heart for a heart’, the main line of the drabble. It is revenge-themed, but hopefully not too negative, and may point out that revenge does no good.
By the way, the definition of drabble, according to Wikipedia is ‘an extremely short work of fiction with exactly one hundred words (or sometimes 100 words maximum depending on the exercise or contest)’.
In the night, those few seconds – like eternity.
But not enough.
She holds a gun and a crying child.
Bound to a chair, he is weeping.
“Spare her life! Take mine instead!”
“You cared not when you killed my child – your own flesh and blood!”
“I –”
She pulls the trigger. A shot and silence.
He stares in horror. Murderously.
“How could you?”
“Same way you could.”
She leaves. And after this night, the world will never see her again, but it is completed.
Still the evil cycle continues in hearts of men.
A heart for a heart.
It’s simple.
Exactly 100 words!
One Response to “Drabble - Revenge”
hmm….i didn’t really understand at first, but i do now.
By clay4ever on Oct 22, 2005