TIME PASSED BY
“TICK, TICK, TICK….. I never felt such joy after seeing things coming back to life. We have seen happy years together. “It was never mine”, my uncle said before he went abroad and gave it to me. I remember, it was tied on my wrist when it rained heavily . It stopped for a while. I had to put it in the sunlight. I silently prayed for it to work again, as it was never mine. I remember when I forgot it on the playground. That realization took my breath away. I cycled back to school, I found it. I remember when on chilly winter nights, the only sound audible was “TICK, TICK, TICK…. I cleared my exams. I know I will bring fortune and build my home. It is just a matter of time. ……., the time wrapped on my wrist stopped, as it was never mine. It’s time. (he gets the watch repaired and hand it over to his little niece) I smiled while she ran to show it to her mother. I know it was never mine. I kept it safe. For a short while, I borrowed time. (A flash fiction. It's only a fragmant of my i...