I buried myself in my Flash comic, pretending to be unaffected by Grandpa’s inability to remember me.
Pointing to the cover, Dad whispered, “Remember when your hero got trapped in the Speed Force, and he started experiencing time out of order?”
I nodded.
“My hero’s going through the same thing.”
David Dezell Turner is an astrodynamics PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder. When he isn’t giving directions to real spaceships, he’s writing about fictional ones. Check out more of his work at daviddezellturner.com.
Ah, beautiful!
very moving, a sweet way to express sadness.
Aww, sad yet sweet.
A very touching story in so few words. Keep writing!
great metaphor
Very poignant and an original way of explaining to a young person. Well done!
Great story about life’s relentless cycle and the sadness it brings to human beings.
Thank you for the kind words, everyone! I really appreciate it :)