CONSEQUENCES - FRIDAY FICTIONEERS

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The next photo is the PHOTO PROMPT. Study it. What does it say to you? Remember, it’s about what you see, not what you’re looking at. ;) 

 

 

PHOTO PROMPT – © Santoshwriter

CONSEQUENCES

She saw the dewdrops sparkling like diamonds, glinting with forgotten memories, brilliant with hope, the love she felt for her family was the only thing that kept her going in these dark, dismal days.  The work was hard, conditions were harsh but she accepted her punishment as her due.  

The next few years would prove to her and her loved ones that she accepted the consequences of her actions.  In time maybe they would understand what had driven her to such desperate measures, such loneliness that she now endured.

Would they still be waiting for her when she returned?

Word count: 100

THE DECISION - Friday Fictioneers

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The next picture is the PHOTO PROMPT. Does it speak to you? Tell us a story in a hundred words or less. 

PROMPT -© Marie Gail Stratford

THE DECISION

Standing silently amidst the burnt grass, brown now from the scorching of the sun rays that had relentlessly beat down from a brilliant blue sky.  The hardship was here again for another year, another season of poor crops, drought and pessimism.  

Arthur tilted his cap back as he scratched his scalp, pondering on the landscape his pale blue eyes had seen many seasons come and go, many were poor, only a few yielded a harvest to feed his family.  He pictured Millicent back at the farmhouse.  He knew they couldn't take any more.  He would tell her his decision tonight.

Word count: 100