Can you keep loving after a heart break?
Salam (Peace)
I wanted to take part in this week #fiftywords since I read @ablaze story of the last prompt. I wanted to write "Something that would make me feel like that." Thanks again to @jayna who manages this challenge, the prompt this time is "Break." It's one of the themes I love actually. So, here we go:
Patched Smaller
He wiped away his tears and stared down, as if collecting the pieces of his broken heart. With every piece he reclaimed, another was left behind.
Not able to return.A smaller heart, with less room to let people in.
He knew however, they couldn't dam his river of love.[The End]
I choose to make the story about "Heart Break" or more specifcly "Pieces of a Broken Heart." Before I got the result I'm proud of, I rewrote this story three times, the only part left unchanged was the idea and the first sentence. But I'm glad I did.
I read somewhere (maybe years ago) about how to deal with failure and heart breaks, and it was something like "Only when you see your heart in pieces, and lose everything. You start collecting these pieces, keeping only the important ones and let go of the negative pieces. That's the moment where you know the things you really care about."
I wanted to write a story that convinces that, and the feeling of "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." which is one of my favorite quotes... If you felt that while reading the story above I'll consider it a success.
What are your thoughts?
I'm waiting for your comments.