PHOTO PROMPT – © Copyright Jean L. Hays
Genre: Realistic Fiction (current events-inspired)
Word Count: 100 words
Unthink
©January 8th, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
I found myself staring at the banner near the historic sign, and mouthed the letters to myself.
Unthink?
How had I gotten here?
Here, America’s Main Street, where songs arose from the dirt, and dreams were broken in the dust of racism?
Too much thinking, that’s what it was — too much reading and too many heartbreaking stories in the news.
I feared for my son — for his beautiful dark skin, his large-black-grape eyes, his woolly puff of hair, his idealistic spirit, his bursts of sadness.
I feared for him, for the safety of all our children.
How to unthink this?
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Sorry, folks! I’d been sick, then busy with schoolwork, and there was too much heartbreak in the news in the past five weeks. I’ve missed being here, and seeing everyone’s work. I will try and be more consistent, because I MISS this!
Thanks for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting this beautiful site, and for her use of unusual and challenging photo-prompts (for which I thank Jean L. Hays!)