After the Storm
A Micro Fiction by Wendy K. Mages
Yet, another fight. Hot and cold winds collide. The impending storm stalls off shore, gaining power. Then, in an instant, a swirling hurricane of words wreak havoc. Tears, like swollen rivers flowing over their banks, flood the safe haven we built on the shore. Dangerous waters. Rushing rapids. Violent swells leave shattered dreams in their wake. Turbulent currents giving way to calm still waters. Silence. The damage done. Too still. Too quiet. Rain-battered. Storm-ravaged. Broken. Yet, still standing. Alone.
Author: Wendy K. Mages, a Mercy University Professor, is a Pushcart Prize nominee and an award-winning poet and author. She earned her doctorate in Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and her master’s in Theatre at Northwestern University. To learn more, please visit https://www.mercy.edu/directory/wendy-mages