The Road. . .

7/15/2020

Author Suzanne Burke offers another photo prompt and invites readers to respond through prose or poetry. Her “Fiction in A Flash Challenge” image for this week is a little girl walking away from us. The child holds a large stuffed lion.

There is much communicated in this photo. Sadness, isolation, maybe homelessness. Where are the parents, the adults who could help her? As I stared at the image, I was brought back to the morning news of a one-year-old shot in Brooklyn, NY the night before. My heart aches for this little one's family and friends, but also for those who engage in senseless violence.

Must it take a baby to help us realize we are one family?

17 Comments

Suzanne Burke link

7/15/2020 14:05:00

Gwen,thank you so much for this moving contribution to this weeks prompt. WE is a word heard far to infrequently in a world peopled with others that only know the word ME.I'll be featuring it on my blog on Friday, July 17th. Hugs from a distance, my friend. ❤

Gwen Plano

7/15/2020 17:18:30

Thank you, dear Soooz. Family is who we are...if only we weren't too blind to see. ♥

Suzanne Burke link

7/16/2020 15:13:24

Sadly that insight comes far too late, for far too many. ❤

john howell link

7/16/2020 09:21:00

Beautiful, Gwen. The WE is important. 😁

Gwen Plano

7/16/2020 10:31:40

Thank you, John. I think it will become even more important in the months ahead. Take good care of yourself. :)

Mae Clair link

7/16/2020 09:28:44

That's just heartbreaking, Gwen--yet such a powerful reminder of the importance of "We."
Thanks for sharing.

Gwen Plano

7/16/2020 10:34:01

Thank you, dear Mae. Sorrowful times for sure! We must find a way through this...together. ♥

D.L. Finn

7/16/2020 11:19:36

So true Gwen the we is the most important! Beautiful.

Gwen Plano

7/16/2020 11:22:30

Right on! Thank you, Denise. ♥

Karen Ingalls link

7/16/2020 12:53:08

It should always be "we". I love the message.

Gwen Plano

7/16/2020 13:19:02

Thank you, Karen. ♥

mark bierman link

7/18/2020 06:28:19

That was well written, Gwen!

Gwen Plano

7/18/2020 13:17:37

Thank you, Mark. Have a wonderful weekend.

Jan Sikes

7/19/2020 16:33:34

This is so beautiful, Gwen. And it describes our world right now - today! Just incredibly touching! Thank you!

Gwen Plano

7/22/2020 14:34:18

Thank you, dear Jan. ♥

Vashti Q link

7/20/2020 15:38:49

That's heart-wrenching, Gwen. Your haiku is beautiful and touching. We're all in this together. <3 xo

Gwen Plano

7/22/2020 14:34:47

Thank you, dear Vashti. Big hugs....

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