IN ANOTHER LIFE

Photo Prompt: TJ Paris

I stopped at a messy eatery to rest.

I’ve gone a long way searching. I cannot stop now.

I am exploring this place for a year now. Everything has changed since my last visit and every unfamiliar part of it seems to yell at me that I don’t belong.

Yet, I can still remember our conversation underneath a lantern almost identical to the one hanging above my head. My words are still ringing in my ears as if I said it yesterday. I can recall every detail when I gave my heart pinned with a promise, hundred years ago, in this planet.

I’ll find you in another lifetime after this.

I came back to keep my promise. I have to.

This 119-word flash fiction is written for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers.

© Ruth Nuylan, Flash Fiction