His fingers caressed the Sax with fondness.
Tears pricked his eyes as he remembered.
The faint sounds of ghostly play echoed in his head and in the house.
Everything was now covered in a film of dust.
Touching his dad’s Sax once more, he packed it back in it’s old box and walked out of the house for the last time, into the bright afternoon Sun.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
a cooking pot and twisted tales 
I love this story, Jacqueline…it brought tears to my eyes. My brain wouldn’t quit at the end though, and wondered why he didn’t take his Dad’s sax with him…. LOL This is a nice start to the New Year 2016! see you in A-Z 101 next week?
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I am glad you enjoyed it. He wanted to but for some reason he couldn’t take it *I think it was going to be auctioned* Thank you for telling me about the A-Z 101. I am going to go and register right now.
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great…its fun to have the old pals in the classes. I like to be in classes because it helps me to keep on track. 🙂
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Oh, that is lovely! Saw the fire on the news and told my friends, my friend, Jackie, will know what happened, and I saw the coverage on your blog this morning. I love having friends all over the world now!
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It is really a blessing to have friends from all over. I am sure if someone had told me that the place would be on fire, I wouldn’t have gone. It was quite a scary moment and interesting to watch.
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I can imagine. It was very cool for me to be able to say, “well, I have this friend in Dubai who blogs and I’ll ask her what happened” at least from what I read there were no deaths, right?
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16 injured but no deaths thankfully. I love the blogging World. It truly brings us in contact with so many beautiful and talented people. I just hope that one day, I will get to meet many in the flesh 🙂
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This is such a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for taking the time to read. I appreciate your comments 🙂
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Poor guy…I agree with gradmama2011…he should have taken it with him.
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He wanted to but he couldn’t *in my head*
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Beautiful and poignant! You have such a way with words.
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Thank you my dear Kay. Have a very blessed and fruitful 2016.
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Same to you, my friend!
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Awww, this is so touching.
Only five sentences, yet as heavy as a ton. I imagined his childhood, I imagined his father, I even imagined his mother dancing happily as his father played the sax.
Words are so magical.
You are so talented! 🙂
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Indeed words are very powerful and magical. Thank you my dear sister for such a wonderful compliment. *Hugs*
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You are most welcome, enjoy the weekend!
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Talking about reminiscing but the music of his dad lives in his memory for ever.
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