JAE ROSE

For Dverse 14 October 2025

Oh, Umbrellas

What is Prosery? A very short piece of prose or flash fiction that tells a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. It can be any genre you choose, but it does have a limit of 144 words. Somewhere within your story, you must include given lines without changing word order or adding any words. You may add or change punctuation.

For your prompt today, I’d like you to use the following lines in your Prosery:

“What will I do there
without my hands upon
your summer face?”

Umbrella

There was a time, before you –

When I was small too

When I used to carry an umbrella 

Through sunshine and cloudy days

Always ready for some catastrophe

I was living in a very dark world

One of survival

One I was prepared to fight in

Then came the cleansing rain

And I learnt that I could swim

Bob tides and smile

In now times I still carry an umbrella 

But use it only when the clouds gather

And the refreshing rain cleanses my thoughts

And I feel free to jump in puddles

Get a little wet and play

Maybe in new times there will be not need for umbrellas at all 

There will be new adventures 

Happy and sad moments

But always a consistency of being 

What will I do there without your hands upon your summer face

Will I shine too?