Microfiction Day 132 – ‘Fill Your Pockets’

“What’s the difference between existing and living?”

She often forgot that her daughter was no longer a child. With her face that wouldn’t have been out of a place in a 1940s photograph, she seemed like someone who had lived many lives before this one.

Rebecca sighed. ‘Living is grabbing every opportunity that comes your way, shoving them into your pockets and running into the future with them, pockets bulging. Existing is simply watching those opportunities pass by without ever really seeing them.”

Millie came over and hugged her. “You have to start filling your pockets mum. It’s time.”