It’s Friday Fictioneers time! Once again I’m posting on a Wednesday. Is that cheating? Everyone else was doing it Officer! The challenge is to write 100 words based on a weekly photo prompt chosen by our host Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Check out her blog for more information by clicking here. Thank you in advance to all who take the time to read, like or comment.
PHOTO PROMPT © Madison Woods
Hope
My approach caused the bird to struggle harder. Sensing its panic I increased the speed of my climb, wincing as another barb bit deep into the palm of my hand. At the top of the fence I paused, thoughts of escape crowding my treacherous mind.
I untangled the bird and watched it soar away to freedom. Then, like a coward, I retreated to the world I knew.
The uneasy feeling of being watched returned. I took some comfort in its familiarity. Perhaps the whole thing had been nothing more than a setup. After all, it’s hope that hurts the most.
NB. My friend set me the challenge of writing something uplifting this week. I failed. I started with the best intentions (man climbs fence to rescue bird) but then ‘my treacherous mind’ took over and ‘like a coward, I retreated to the world I knew’. Sorry Kelly. Maybe next time…
Thomas Charles Henry 
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