Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #16: Write your eulogy in no more than 50 words. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100, When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
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Ode to the Memory of Me
My 8 year old self died on a beach.
I last remember the grit of St. Augustine sand in my teeth.
Mother's cigarette smoke -
raspy laugh
curly, red hair ablaze.
For my mother,
only my ghost roams those dunes now.
Still, no one mourns that girl like I do.