Saturday, May 31, 2014

Flash Friday: Freedom

By Michael Seese

Two weeks in a row now I've been able to submit to Flash Friday.

Here is the picture.




 















The hint word was "freedom." I chose that as my title.




Freedom.

Fresh air. Green spaces. Flowing water.

Freedom.

A park teeming with life. Courting teenagers experiencing their first kiss. Twenty-somethings engaged in a spirited Frisbee football match. Young parents pushing babies in strollers, while their toddlers attempt to perfect the art of walking. Elderly couples sitting on a bench, still holding hands.

Freedom.

To experience the wonders and joys of the world. To live each day to its fullest. To simply be.

Freedom.

For me, a place where I could seek peace. Try to fight the noise. The static. The angry voices in my head.

Freedom.

Something I stole from too many people. Innocent people.

Freedom.

A liberty that—because of the violent nature of my crime—the state said I should never again experience. Ever.

Freedom.

Something I had never known in the nineteen desperate years of my life. But when the cocktail of pentothal, bromide, and potassium chloride began flowing into my vein, I found.

At last.

Freedom.


Please share your thoughts on "Freedom."

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