Friday Fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here.
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The Light
I lie awake in the dead of night, eyes closed, listening to the sound of nothing.
I’m at peace.
Then, behind my eyelids, I see, far in the distance, a bright light.
The light at the end of the tunnel, I consider briefly, before, in a moment of panic, forcing my eyes open.
I’m suddenly aware that it was another, very different light, the one that heralds the end of life.
I’ve never felt that I’m afraid of death, but I believe that I haven’t yet finished the things I want to achieve here.
I sigh.
I’ll soon be ready.
