On the side of the road, laces tattered, leather faded, a shoe soaks up the late day sun. Once a vessel for a seafaring man, its destiny determined by a fickle sea in a violent sway or lurch of a boat, both succumbed to the ravages of a sudden rogue wave; the shoe and its human companion, ejected then sucked into the rotting rut of the forgotten deep.
A year passed before the shoe washed onto a California beach. An epidermis of sand stuck to leather warped and salted in turbulent waters; the shoe was picked up and tossed into a truck for carting, to the faraway land of abandoned things.
One more bump along the way, the shoe flew from the truck, landing with a silent thump; its sole flush against pavement away from the sun, the shoe slips into the shadows of another waning day, just a dusty mirage in a rearview mirror, lying on the side of the road.
I’m participating in Lillie McFerrin’s weekly Five Sentence Fiction prompt. This week’s prompt – Abandoned.
I really enjoyed this, Lauren. Clever how you created a whole character out of the shoe. I was happy to see it had managed to escape once more. Good job!
Thanks Jayne. I love making inanimate objects human. At least they haven’t started talking me yet.
That is some terfific writing Lauren. Nice job!
Thank you, Phil.
I love to write. The five sentence word prompt is a great way to exercise the writing muscle.
that was fabulous!
Thanks Meleah! The current prompt is “empty.” I think I’ll give it whirl in a day or two. Every Thursday, Lillie McFerrin posts a new five sentence prompt.