A recent post outlined a short story assignment given the Freshman English class. I wrote several different stories before moving on to the next shiny idea. This story is based on an idea given me by one of the students. He'd heard of a Japanese soldier who had spent years on an island in the South Pacific unaware the war had ended. He'd heard a family member relate a plot of a B-movie they'd seen in which an American and Japanese soldier where stranded together. It became the basis for his story and for this little one of mine.
The Pacific Theater
South Pacific sun bakes two men, once enemies.
Guns forgotten, as they build a raft.
They do not need words as they work to leave the island.
Action is everything.
When the raft floats, they celebrate together.
On the sea two days, a ship spots them.
A single shell hits.
The sea embraces them.
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