Tag Archives: growing old

GORDON LYSEN: Danny Boy

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I wonder what would have become of him. The bulletproof teenage years stole his future because of a fatal flaw in reasoning. His car had defied gravity in the curve, and sixty to zero became his final act. I lived and grew old.

I wonder what will become of me.

Gordon Lysen resides at Sugar Point on Lake Manitoba. Retired from police work after some 27 years, Gordon co-authored the novel “A Deadly Blend of Souls” with his wife, Lisa. Writing and painting are Gordon’s relaxation methods when retirement becomes too stressful.

CATHERINE MATHEWS: Cartwheels

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He was sixteen that summer; she was younger.

He noticed her doing perfect cartwheels on the lawn. Arms stretched high, she circled in effortless arcs across the grass, orange sundress like a spinning sun pressed against her moving legs.

Now growing old, they remembered that bright morning they first met.

Catherine Mathews is a State Department retiree who has the desire to write flash fiction.