What happens to a soul that can’t leave—tethered to a body that’s forgotten how to die? Does it secretly visit people and places it once loved? Is that why the body speaks out of time? Which hurts more—seeing things you cannot touch or touching things you can’t remember?
Deborah Sale-Butler is a Portland, Oregon based writer. Her stories have appeared, or are forthcoming in dozens of publications including “101 Words,” “Twisting, Turning Timeshifts” and “Three X the Fun” anthologies, “Sci Fi Shorts,” “Flash Fiction Magazine,” and “Amazing Stories.” Read more at https://deborah-sale-butler.com.
wonderful writing-giving me a moment to honour my Grandmother, confined to a wheelchair for a decade after her stroke. Thank you.
I’m so glad it touched you.
A wonderfully reflective, poetic story. Thank you.
Joel S
Thank you for your kind words.
Great questions all! ❤️
Thank you.
I love this contemplative piece. Well done!!
Thank you. I thought of it when I was walking one day and a breeze brushed my cheek. I’ve often felt folks who have passed, as if they were riding on the wind, but I wondered what it was like for my Dad, who isn’t always anchored to this life, but isn’t gone either.