Prompt: April 8, 2012

MOAR PROMPTS.


Only one was submitted this time around.
To My Father's HealerAn open letter to the man who saved my father's life
Dear sir,
It becomes apparent as I open this letter that I can never begin it correctly. I do not know what to write, for I do not know your name. I know that you are a doctor, is that how someone is supposed to begin a letter to a man they have never met?
Nobody ever told me your name. I know, though, the other things they told me. Perhaps I could use them to fill the gaps, but part of me fears that removing the distance will take away some of the fascination. I know that you are more than just 'a doctor', I know that you are one of only four people in the whole world who knew how to do the surgery that you performed on my father. I know that the first time my father went up to Birmingham you weren't there, because you were in America. I do not know if you were there to teach, to save the life of someone else, or if it was something else entirely. Regardless of the reason, I am sure there was at least one person there who ben
To My Father's Healer by TsengEclipse
"As I end this letter, it becomes clear that I have spent nearly a thousand words just to say thank you. Still, I do not think it was a waste of words. I doubt that you will ever read this, but if you do, it will show you – if you did not know already – that saving my father rescued more than just his life. It rescued his family, it rescued his friends, it rescued the thousands of memories that have happened in those four years since the operation.

And for that, I can never thank you enough."
Extremely heartfelt with so many emotions contained in a simple thank you letter. I honestly hope that this doctor reads this.
Critique here.


Put your iPod/mP3/any music player really on shuffle. For the first five (or more) songs that come up, incorporate two (or more, whatever you want) lines from each song into your piece.

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