Imago of a Lost Love

SECOND CAMPAIGN CHALLENGE:
Write a blog post in 200 words or less, excluding the title. It can be in any format, whether flash fiction ( ✔), non-fiction, humorous blog musings, poem, etc. The blog post should:

• Include the word "imago" in the title ✔
• Include the following 4 random words: "miasma," "lacuna," "oscitate," and "synchronicity" ✔✔✔✔

• If you want to give yourself an added challenge (optional and included in the word count), make reference to a mirror in your post. ✔

• For those who want an even greater challenge (optional), make your post 200 words EXACTLY! ✔

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ENTRY: 

The city wears a halo of miasma at night—a noxious fog, thick with bitterness and regret. It slips inside as we oscitate, unearthing memories that play out in our minds as inexorable, silent films while we sleep. We’re possessed by the past, and praying for nightmares.

This is the world he left me in. A world where I’m alone.

I stumble past the mirror we got for our fifth anniversary, and my reflection stares me down from a thousand, jagged angles. Thin lines of crimson slip through my fingers.

He was here this morning, and tonight he is gone. Forever. All that remains is the lacuna in my chest—a dull ache where my heart used to be, because he took it with him. 

He didn’t belong in a place like this. He was too noble, too brave. He fought for what he believed in, and I know, given the choice, he’d do it all over again. That was the kind of man he was.

The sky opens up as fresh tears burn my eyes, and the synchronicity is almost beautiful. How fitting that we should grieve together, a widow and her husband’s final battleground. I can’t take this.

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GLOSSARY:

imago— n
an idealized mental image of another person or the self

miasma— n
an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt

lacuna — n
a gap or missing part

oscitate— v
to gape; to yawn

synchronicity — n
an apparently meaningful coincidence in time of two or more similar or identical events that are causally unrelated

Definitions from Merriam Webster and Dictionary.com 

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There you have it! My second flash fiction, told in 1st/present. I know it was depressing, but I hope you liked it anyway. I can't wait to read the rest of yours!  ♥

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[Update] Hah! Sorry to everyone who had to see a typo. I wrote this beast at 4:30 AM, and I'm lucky there weren't more! ;)

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