A mass shooting at the fair, the media was swarming survivors like blood-thirsty vultures, thrusting their cameras in Lisa’s face.
“How do you feel?”
What could she say?
Determined to overcome her crippling phobias of spiders and heights, Lisa had decided to brave the Spider Ride. She’d been doing mindfulness and chanting, and hoped they’d help…but useless.
“Why? Why? Why?” She gasped.
Then, she heard gun shots.
The ride stopped.
Trapped sky-high and terrified, Lisa prayed for the first time in eternity.
Almost oblivious to the carnage, she was just relieved to escape.
Forget determination.
Her new mantra is acceptance.
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100 Words
PHOTO PROMPT © Mr. Binks.
This has been another contribution to Friday Fictioneers kindly hosted by Rochelle Wisoff Fields at Addicted to Purple.
Regulars to Friday Fictioneers won’t be surprised that I’ve added to the FF graveyard, and I must say I felt an eeriness about this prompt which took me down this much-traveled path.
This story was well and truly cut back and ended up with Lisa so caught up inside her own panic attack, that she’s all but oblivious to the tragic loss of life. I am not sure how true to life it is, but I am repeatedly confronted by people lacking in empathy and not getting what seems fairly obvious to me. I have also become aware of a term called “Main Character Syndrome” where people see themselves as the main character and ignore the needs of others and how they might impact on them, and also that they might be a sub-character in someone else’s life.
Interesting and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Best wishes,
Rowena
Beyond the Flow 