Today’s Prompt: You stumble upon a random letter on the path. You read it. It affects you deeply, and you wish it could be returned to the person to which it’s addressed. Write a story about this encounter.

Today’s twist: Approach this post in as few words as possible.

A piece of paper flutters at my feet.

“I’m leaving home”

the words pop out from  amid the scribbles and chill me to the bone.

I wonder how it got here in the first place and where it was from.

Was it thrown before it was delivered or was it read and thrown away?

I turn it round and look for clues

Then finding none,

Chuck it in the nearest bin.