Soft Tissue
It has been long enough since I last saw her that all the small stuff – the soft memories – are basically gone. There are just the big details left, and they’re so generic they could belong to anyone.
When bodies decompose, the soft tissue goes first – the skin, the muscles, the lips, the eyes. There are just the bones left, and bones are so generic they could belong to anyone.
I love this.
Thanks Joma. The idea will probably come up again in another piece of my writing. I don’t always have a good idea, but when I do I drag it around a bit until it’s totally done…
I think this can really resonate with a lot of people. Pretty powerful prose!