3 Line Tales 229: Linger

Below is my submission to 3 Line Tales: Week 229

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The specter stood before the window staring at a stream of visitors making their way toward the castle, the citadel he had sacrificed his fortune to build and his life in failing to defend.

Endless days came and went with only a single haunting question remaining.

“History passes through the world like a breeze shifting clouds in the sky or grass in the meadow, but when will I” he thought, “When will I?”

Thank you, Sonya, for another wonderful prompt!