Closure Stories

"Beep!" A coke can. "Beep!" Rusty barbed wire. Every time Derek got a response from his metal detector, it turned out to be another worthless item. The farmer always gave him permission to check out his field after the autumn ploughing, and all day he had been working back and forth without a single meaningful find. As dusk was approaching, Derek decided it was time to give up for the day and head home. But as he collecte...

"What are you doing?" She asked as his eyes scanned over her face."Examining your flaws," he said."What do you mean?""They weren't there before."

Sitting outside on the verandalooking out at the mountains on the horizon.As the smell of a roasting barbecue chickenfills the air. Recalling our last conversation, the hurtful cruel words, which left many unanswered questionsas to why, when you walked out the door. Now as the tears run down my cheek the severity of this finally sinks in.A cherished friendship of many years is now overand why, I still cannot determined. T...