Use this sentence to inspire a short story or a personal essay:

Nothing was left.

Write a poem which has this word in the last stanza:

FLIGHT

I have a wonderful after lunch workshop with a group at the Univesity of Saskatchewan Bookstore’s grand re-opening.  We did some freewriting and then we wrote a short piece with the following heading:

The Time I Said Goodbye.

The work read outloud was very strong and moving.  Try the heading for yourself and see what you end up with on the page.