Photo prompt @ Jeff Arnold
Somewhere over that rainbow, a better life awaits.
Something to look forward to. Something to hope for.
In my country (a lucky country) we’ve moved through several heartaches
Drought
Widespread bush fires
Months of unbreathable, smoke-filled air
Floods
Covid-19
We were looking for the light at the end of a tunnel, the gold at the end of the rainbow
And we got Corona Virus. Isolation. Quarantine. Lock down.
Families separated. Dying abandoned. Easter, and weddings, and funerals cancelled.
As time stands still. Lives put on hold. These boats are waiting.
All heading out to sea, is what I see!
Friday Fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here.
RANDOM THOUGHTS by Trish 
Now there’s a novel thought! I wasn’t expecting that ending, but it sure left a picture in my mind.
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Hoping to land somewhere virus-free? They’ll be lucky if they find it!
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Good stuff, It’s hardly strange how the virus rubs off on us, and leads us to thoughts of melancholy. Despite being fairly chipper most of the time I’m finding this whole twiddling of thumbs thing depressing.
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I’d love to know where everyone is in the world. I’m in NSW, Australia. This week I’ve met Na’ama in NYC 🙂
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Hard times for many, Trish … and yet, indeed, the boats will sail and the air will flow and the people will go out and about and life will move on again. Not the same perhaps, but life rarely is about stasis, anyway. Stay well and a hello from NYC …
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Na’ama in NYC. Love that city! And really feeling for you guys. All of our attention and sympathies looking at China, Italy and Spain and then ‘holy guacamole’ NYC. Good luck to you all there. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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Yes, NYC is a good apple … and currently we’re going through some very difficult times. Field hospitals in Central Park, the whole city shut down, hundreds lost to the virus every day. But, we’ll get through it. We got through tough times before, and many New Yorkers are showing the amazing kindness and hardiness that they’d showed before. We are all in this together, and we’ll get through it together.
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Well-written piecee, Trish. I feel for those who lost so much in the fires and the floods. And, now, the virus. Hang in there, the day will return for those boats to sail free from the dock. Take care!
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Thank you Brenda. I didn’t mean to write something depressing 😦 Although I’m a melancholic personality, I do tend to be optimistic and hopeful. I wasn’t crying, just observing. Oh well. Thanks for reading and commenting. Appreciated!
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Not depressing, just presenting what’s happening and it happens to be very sad.
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Things always look brighter on the other side. It’s hard to look past the terrible thing happening now when the next thing’s worse. We have to hope Covid-19 is the worst, and things will get better. Those boats will float again.
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It is a challenge to overcome to be sure. But the good thing is all the positive interactions, despite the isolation. People reaching out and looking out for each other. Thanks for commenting.
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I like the way you brighten the mood at the end. I imagined the boats as our imagination; all we need to do is cast off.
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I really really wish this was only a dream. The boats are ready for when we wake up.
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Better days ahead. We just don’t know when…
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It’s been tough for many, but not so tough as you guys have had it. Stay safe.
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WE can but hope we’ll change our priorities on the other side of this – kindness, consideration, more thought for an environment that has been recovering as we go into lock down. Lessons to be learned. Keep safe and well
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Oh, yes! Waiting to cut loose and sail away!
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You guys will survive!
And right now there is nowhere to sail to.
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So true in the Coronavirus world.
There’s hope that we will head out to the sea…
As far as we can see!
Stay home. Stay safe.
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2020 has been an absolute nightmare of a year so far. It really can only get better from here. Stay safe.
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Darkly depressing story! I think the boats will sail again for pleasure one day.
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Thanks Susan!
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So beautifully expressed, Trish. Poignant and poetic!
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Thanks dude 🙂
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My granddaughter has recently returned from Australia, she loved it there. These are challenging times indeed,
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They are Mike. Thanks for commenting. We are in scary times indeed.
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Tough times. Australia has received more than her fair share of bad luck. I hope we come through as a better people.
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I think we’re on track to be changed and hopefully for the better Tannille! Thanks for reading and commenting.
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In my experience from visits to my son near Sydney, the people are as good as you get anywhere.
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We hang in clusters. 😀
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Those boats will sail.
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They’re raring to go!
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