© A Mixed Bag
Both the land and the population had been decimated by the falling bombs. It was our only hope of freedom, and it cost everything we had left. We ended up on a rather rickety boat that got pushed out from the shore.
There were way too many of us on this boat for it to be safe. All we could do was huddle with our children and pray for luck.
The crossing was going to take at least a month and we kept on hitting bad weather. There was no way of knowing how we managed to survive from being capsized many a time. Failure happened every step of the way, and yet, somehow, we kept going. By the time the call came out to say we had reached land everyone was just about starving. We were so eager to get off the boat and start our brand-new lives in a place where there was no threat of war.
Excitedly we watched as a mass appeared from the mist. For a moment, we all just stared at those White Cliffs of Dover. A collective groan began as we realised we had come full circle and were back where we started.
Written for Sunday photo fiction
AngieTrafford 
Timely if rather grim reminder of our world today.
Well written, but can you decimate a land?
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I think you can… Napalm can for sure! Thanks for reading.
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There are few topics I am reluctant to comment on and this is one of them. My personal experiences with refugees began during the Vietnam era and never decreased as far as intensity. Parts of my extended family contain members fleeing from Syria. My feelings of exhaustion echo the despair of those in the boat. We continue to come full circle.
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It certainly goes in circles. Thanks for reading.
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Brilliant Angie. Blackly funny and a scary reality at the same time. The idea that our country has become somewhere that people will flee from is not so far-fetched anymore.
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I am hoping it never comes to this, but who can say? Thanks for reading.
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That was a horrible disappointment, but not without precedent.
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It would be crushing! Thanks for reading.
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Well told!
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Thank you for reading, glad you enjoyed it.
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Oh how awful for them ending up back where they started.
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It certainly would be a horrible disappointment.
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A parable of todays fractured times. Very well written, Angie.
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Scary to think that one day that might be true for some people. Thanks for reading.
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Oh, man. So disappointing for them.
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It would have been absolutely soul destroying. Thanks for reading.
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That didn’t turn out quite the way they expected it to. Maybe after a bite to eat they can try again. Only this time they know what to expect
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Would just get a better navigation system! Thanks for reading.
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Sad irony.
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It is certainly not one of my happier ones 🙂 Thanks for reading.
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