Devour
4 October 2018 #TellTaleThursday
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“Humans are extinct now. Finally, we are free of the plague. Now nature shall take what belongs to it. They have left quite a task for us, though. It will take hundreds of years to decompose the last inch of their garbage. But we have billions of years to enjoy the beauty of the planet. Hope, next time God sends someone who values us, after all, it’s us who gives them life.” Said the tree and crept to slowly devour one of the insignificant structures made by humans.
This post is written as part of the Friday Fictioneers challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. PHOTO PROMPT by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.
37 Comments
Love the take, I can just see that tree devouring the house. Also like the image of humans as a plague – well done.
Nicely done. I like how everyone sees something different in the prompt – I only half noticed the tree, but you are right, it is devouring the building, though it may take more than a century.
Yes, it’s absolutely amazing to see different takes on the same prompt.
Thanks for commenting.
Beautiful take on the prompt Priya.
Thank you, Jaya
what man has done to what nurtures him…
Sad reality
That’s why I ask everyone to do their bit… small or big every effort towards protecting your mother nature is worth….
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true, Bhavna. It’s imperative that we save our planet. Our planet can survive without us, we can’t. Thank you for commenting.
Dear Priya,
And the trees would be well within their rights to devour wasteful humans. Imaginative story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
We need to mend our ways before its too late. Thank you for reading and commenting, Rochelle.
Love this take, Priya. Humans are a plague, aren’t we?
I’m afraid we are.
I’m glad you liked the story. Thank you
I wonder what made us extinct? Did we kill each other off, or was there a pandemic that took all human life? Intriguing idea 🙂
Only removing humans will stop destruction of earth, some thought indeed. Why not channelise the destructive energy of humans towards something constructive?
We are kind of ruining the earth for ourselves and for other species. The earth can survive without us, we can’t.
Terrific take! I can see the tree devouring the building. Well done.
Thanks so much, Jilly 🙂
Loved your take on the prompt!
I’m glad you liked it. Thank you
Got to watch those trees. There is revenge in their core. Great take on the prompt.
Well, we have done worse. Haven’t we. It’s time we learn our lessons. Thank you so much for the encouraging words 🙂
Really liked that, everyone loves a talking tree, just biding their time until the humans disappeared, then they can relax again.
We should all be trees for a while
We should all be trees.. I’m sure it would be fun. thank you
Well done. It’s about time the trees fought back, so to speak.
Mother Nature does take back what is hers. There’s a TV documentary series “Life After People” that delves into this reality with some scientific speculation. I’ve watched the series many times as the subject has a certain fascination for me. I can, with your story envision the creeping vines, the slithering moss, the hardy weeds all pushing through and around the stones carving out their existence and wiping man’s “plague” from the landscape. Well done! Bravisimo!
I’m going to try and watch life after people tonight.
It is a very intriguing idea. I am going to watch it one of these days too. Thank you.
Interesting stuff, there’s a series and a film which I think is the condensed version, I watched nearly all of the film before being distracted, supper doesn’t cook itself mores the pity!!
Humans as a plague? I guess in some ways we are. The planet will outlive us in the end. Nice take on the prompt.
True. thank you for reading and commenting
Great take on the prompt! I hope that we’ll be able to avert ecological disaster, but time is rapidly running out.
Thanks so much, Penny. I hope we do realize before it’s too late.
I enjoyed your story. It was a clever take on the prompt and the voice was creative.
Thank you so much, Brenda. I’m glad that you thought it was a clever take and found the voice creative. Means a lot. 🙂
I love it!
Thank you, Lisa.
Loved the take. Humans have feasted and molested the nature long enough. Time the tables turned.
So true. About time, we realize and made amends. Thank you, Anshu.