Life goes on they say. I hate that saying. Maybe because it's always easiest for the one saying it. The one who has no idea what loss is and the pain and remorse that trails it like a never ending parade of grief. There are so many things I'd like to tell my father. I don't know if I would try to punch him or hug him if he climbed out of his grave right now and said he was sorry. The tears have stopped though. I'd never imagine that kneeling here before his headstone for the first time would make my tears stop. His life was a blur of booze and abuse. I can still hear his hateful shouting - the airborne anger riveting through the thin walls of my bedroom where I hunched, shaking, wishing I could shrink down next to a tiny dust particle on the floor boards. I remember the smell of him. Hot sweat mixed with rum seeping from his pores, filling our home with a sickly, volatile odor. _Life goes on_ is just another cliche. So I made up my own saying, one that pertains to me. _Life can now begin._ 2008-04-08T21:27:09Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/21309 <p>Really good Ficlet, very deep. It&#8217;s not easy to forget.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=55107 2008-04-08T21:27:09Z flute faerie http://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061 <p>WoW! Powerful story. One that will surely stay with the reader for a while.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=45110 2008-03-02T17:35:12Z Trying to Blend http://ficlets.com/authors/luckybeaux <p>wow!. i really really felt that.</p> <p>i think its amaziing.<br />i admire the way you write!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=42674 2008-02-21T08:04:45Z visionary vixen! http://ficlets.com/authors/ambitious_author7967 <p>Eloquent. It gives a real feeling of the speaker&#8217;s emotions.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=41904 2008-02-17T23:23:48Z Alexa ♥ http://ficlets.com/authors/alexa1018 <p>So vivid. So dark. You have a way with descriptions that I really admire.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=41735 2008-02-17T01:00:49Z Melia http://ficlets.com/authors/melia <p>Congratulations!<br />It&#8217;s a featured ficlet!</p> <p>Great story. Its moving, powerful, sad, heartbreaking and most of all about one of the best featured ficlets!</p> <p>Congrats once again.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=41706 2008-02-16T22:32:22Z Living In Wonder Land ♠ http://ficlets.com/authors/livin_in_wonder_land <p>So wonderful and deep. You capture the emotion perfectly, and the descriptions are wonderful.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=41702 2008-02-16T22:03:39Z [pens&feathers] http://ficlets.com/authors/rhapsodyyinblu <p>Wow. I&#8217;m speechless. This is so incredibly deep and moving. Powerful, like Kermitgorf said. Many congrats on making Featured!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=41638 2008-02-16T18:29:53Z emma jo_234 http://ficlets.com/authors/emmaj <p>wow featured! nice!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=41637 2008-02-16T18:14:11Z Blusparrow http://ficlets.com/authors/blusparrow <p>Congrats on being Featured Ficlet again&#8230;<br />Great title and motto. Powerful writting. Depth.. bitterness and resolved feelings..moving on.<br />One of the best youv&#8217;e written.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=41631 2008-02-16T17:39:35Z SKermitgorf http://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorf <p>i love it!!!! i didn&#8217;t really have a setting in my prequel, so i like how you gave them one. awesome jobbb!!!!!!=]</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=41581 2008-02-16T14:50:20Z One Time, One Chance http://ficlets.com/authors/one_chance <p>Ooh, that was a nice continuation of the dark theme in the preceding ficlet while still offering a ray of hope through the ugly memories. Great title and last line. Awesome sequel. Awesome job.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=41351 2008-02-15T21:36:40Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>Great sequel<br />I do hate when people say that too<br />it is easier said then done</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/21309?basename=41317 2008-02-15T20:03:23Z Blusparrow http://ficlets.com/authors/blusparrow