Budding Flowers
50 WORD MICROFICTION

Budding Flowers

Photo by Lex Sirikiat on Unsplash

I cradled her in my arms, wiping the milk from her mouth. I wiped her tears on the first day of school. She slept on her own, not craving sweet lullabies anymore.

“Mom, this hurts,” she said, while touching the flowering buds —

my tears now hers to wipe.

Time growing.
['Melissa Bee']
['Microfiction', 'Creativity', '50 Words', 'The Bad Influence', 'Short Story']