Ever told you about the day that I died?
It sucked.
Did it hurt?
Well, no actually.
Isn’t the human brain an awesome thing?
Anyway, it all happened so quickly.
At the edge of my vision, I saw something white and huge approaching me.
I remember being ran over.
I recall getting dragged.
My injury profusely generated a quickly spreading scarlet puddle.
It was a nasty battle.
When I thought I’d never be able to surf again,
that’s the day I felt like I died.
Took me a while to realize,
The shark bit off my limb.
Not my spirit.
© 2013 K.Z. Morano
The Eclectic Eccentric 
Brilliant. A true fighting spirit
thank you 🙂
Nice ending!
thanks. glad you liked it 🙂
a very good one. The spirit lives on!
thank you 🙂
Love it.
thanks Björn ^^
Beautifully written….loved the twist
thank you 🙂
Fantastic twist! When you are so passionate about a hobby or sport…if you suddenly become incapable of pursuing it…it CAN feel like you’ve died. I’ve heard that said a lot. If I could never write again, I’m sure I would struggle profusely. Thankfully, you’d have to do more than cut off some limbs to stop that. 😀 Thanks for contributing this week!
– Ermisenda
yes, thankfully. ^^ thanks so much 🙂
There’s no-one who teases the reader quite like you kz!
haha 😉
Wow, I thought the narrator got hit by a truck, but I guess a shark biting off a limb is about the same sort of feeling. Nice twist there..
🙂 thanks
There was a case of a Navy diver being attacked by a Bull Shark during 2009 in Sydney Harbour. He lost a leg and one hand in one bite (seems his hand happened to be close to his leg at that moment). He wrote a book about his experience and recently dived (in a safe manner with other professionals) with Bull Sharks. Later he remarked that this had been quite a cathartic experience for him (it was filmed and screened on one of our current affairs programs recently). He is a very strong personality, and has gone on to lead an exceptional life.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/questions-paul-de-gelder-shark-attack-survivor-author-35/story-e6frg8h6-1226391147560
Proof that your words can indeed be real, and quite profound, kz….
exceptional indeed! 🙂 this was actually inspired by a film Soul Surfer (which was based on a true story of a surfer Bethany Hamilton who lost her limb from a shark attack when she was 13) we could really learn a lot and gain so much inspiration from such real life stories
Beautiful!
thank you 🙂
I can’t count the times I’ve imagined this. Diving in shark-infested waters, you have to remind yourself constantly to look for them, and [shudders]… It makes for some nasty dreams after too. Glad to read, “thought I’d never surf”. After all, what are the odds it happens again?