Rebirth
My eyes burn underwater. Diving deeper, I hold my breath. In front of me, a baby floats in his cotton blanket.
I grab him through the sapphire bubbles swirling around him. As we resurface, the child gleams, dissolving into water.
Air fills my lungs; I no longer wish to die.
The prompt for this week's fifty-word story is 'water'. You can read the rules on Fifty-word short story challenge roundup. This story was based on a dream I had this week (how appropriately timed).
Writing by Jeremy Mifsud
Photo by Ryan Loughlin on Unsplash