Moment Of Clarity

by T.F. Torrey

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Up on the roof, he stepped carefully onto the ledge and sat down next to the stone gargoyle on the corner of the building, blinking in the light of the rising sun. Anyone who saw him might suppose he was considering throwing himself to his death, but the notion was ridiculous. He had never felt more alive.

He was forty-two, and today, for the first time, he felt he really understood his life: the politics of the office, his marriage, his own desires, all of it. In the crisp morning air, he recognized that the source of this new perspective and clarity was the death of his mother, coming as it had so soon after the death of his son. Sure, the path had been rocky, and the journey had ripped him apart, but it had reassembled him too, left him something bigger than he was before, something stronger. He felt, for the first time in a long time, invincible.

At that moment, with a rocky grinding noise, the gargoyle turned its head toward him. A stone hand reached out and give him a push.

They would say he jumped.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Moment Of Clarity

    Fyora Cartagan's Buddy Icon Fyora Cartagan

    Posted 10 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Oh no!!!! How horrible!
    Great story.

  2. Moment Of Clarity

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 10 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Ahhh! You make us think he has the whole world ahead of him, his life is going great, he has everything to live for! And then you take it all away in one fell swipe. By the way, haven’t seen you around here in a while. =)

  3. Moment Of Clarity

    Batak Beatrix's Buddy Icon Batak Beatrix

    Posted 10 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Excellent take on the prompt. Definitely was not expecting the gargoyle twist.

  4. Moment Of Clarity

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 10 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    a guy on a roof, thinking about his life, seemingly accepting what life has handed him, suddenly unexpectedly gets pushed off the roof by a gargoyle, didnt see that coming, thought it was a heart warming Lifetime tv moment, then BAM !

  5. Moment Of Clarity

    ceyshe's Buddy Icon ceyshe

    Posted 9 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    holy cow! didn’t see that coming. i really enjoy your supernatural ficlets. :)

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