It Cost more than One Life

Sep 29

On that fateful Thursday James had swayed the room in favor of the race.

But it had cost Niki his life.

The sight of him stuck in a raging inferno replayed in James’ mind constantly.

And bereft of peace he lived on.

This post is for Yeahwrite’s Gargleblaster 181

Word count: 42

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18 thoughts on “It Cost more than One Life”

cynthia vincent September 29, 2014
Nicely written as usual 🙂
Rajlakshmi September 29, 2014
It's tragic… well written.
Datta Ghosh September 29, 2014
Powerfully written..loved it
Usha Menon September 29, 2014
Very profound!
Corinne Rodrigues September 29, 2014
Sometimes one decision can change the course of many lives! Nothing worse than survivor's guilt.
Anita September 29, 2014
Peace is so important & loss of it is tragic…
Nicely expressed in such few words, Naba.
Shilpa Garg September 29, 2014
Tragic. Grief and guilt… it can take your life away from you!
Maniparna Sengupta Majumder September 30, 2014
Nicely expressed in so few words!
Purba September 30, 2014
Hell is a place in your mind.
Priyashi September 30, 2014
Very Well written.
Suresh Chandrasekaran October 1, 2014
Well-written Naba
TMW Hickman October 1, 2014
Guilt makes a poor bedfellow. Well done!
cynk October 1, 2014
Funny that in real life, Niki outlived James.
Stacie Dalrymple October 1, 2014
I didn't get that these referred to real people until reading Cyn's comment!
Aseem October 2, 2014
Living on with guilt is a really difficult situation to be in. Lovely write-up in so few words.
Shailaja V October 2, 2014
Guilt will get him nowhere, except deeper in the grave of his own despair. Beautiful, Naba.
thewizardsword.com October 2, 2014
Ah, guilt. Always tough to overcome. You captured the very essence, though. Nice job!
Gina October 2, 2014
I'm with Stacie. Oh boy! Guilt is a tough pill to swallow!!!

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