PHOTO PROMPT – © Madison Woods
Genre: Realistic Fiction; current matters
Word Count: 100 words
Quench
By Vijaya Sundaram
©May 6, 2015
Rupa was in shock. Rubble surrounded her. She was thirsty, but the taps were dry. Her dust-covered cheeks had two tear tracks, streams lost in a desert. People were frantic, looking for their own. A neighbor offered her chappatis. Rupa shook her head, returning to what she’d once called home. Then, she gasped.
A hand was clawing through the rubble. She screamed, “Kamala!” Racing over to the spot, she began digging with bare hands.
Others came with shovels.
An hour later, Rupa held her bruised six-year old daughter close.
“Ma?” whispered Kamala.
“What, my lotus?”
“Could I have some water?”
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Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting Friday Fictioneers every week, a much-needed kick in this writer’s (my) derriere! Thanks to Madison Woods for the photograph prompt.