Bone’s prompts for today’s 3WW are: Picture, Reflected, Stop
the wind blew and the
water rose and you
fled to Houston and
I fled to Jackson
neither knowing where the other
was for
3
long
weeks
3 long weeks
of not knowing if
you made it
out
images ran through
my head and behind
my eyes like a bad
acid trip
i couldn’t stop imagining
your body
floating in the fetid water
with the sunlight of a calm day reflecting
in your dead eyes
finally
your phone call came and
the picture too that
proved
you were
alive!
and,suddenly,
it was worth
every minute of worry
for those
3
long
weeks
TC said,
April 24, 2008 at 6:36 am
I’m so sorry you had to go through that, but I’m so glad both of you made it those three weeks to have that phone call.
Tumblewords said,
April 24, 2008 at 7:56 am
Lots of tension, three weeks can seem like an eternity, for sure.
paisley said,
April 24, 2008 at 8:41 am
what a test of faith that must have been.. thanks you for opening that little window of emotion… it is one i am only privileged to peer thru from this side.. and i can be thankful for that…..
zouxzoux said,
April 24, 2008 at 8:47 am
Katrina is an experience I’ll never forget……….nor will my fellow New Orleanians.
Michelle Johnson said,
April 24, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I am pleased you were able to get the phone call letting you know everything was okay. Katrina was a tragedy for sure. I don’t know that I have ever had to experience anything relatively close to what you did. And, I don’t know that I could have survived such an ordeal. Have a nice day.