Elsie's View: A fifty-word short story
This is my 50-word short story for last week's writing prompt, lens. Thank you to all the 50-worders who have contributed stories and supported one another with follows, comments and upvotes. It's amazing to see the work that is produced each week.
Elsie's View
(Image source: Pixabay image by kellepics)
Elsie stepped quietly out the door into the night. The nearest town was five miles. She would keep to the ditches, shrubs and furrows, ready to find cover if he came after her. The bruises would heal, but could she see her life through a new lens and be free?
Thank you for reading!
Here's my collection of 50-word stories:
Just a tree in a field
Nathan’s waterfall
A walk in the woods
The church mouse
The farmers' market
The tiny hunter
The map
Ghost fair
Departure from Castle Island
Conspirators and lies
Getting to know you
The man in hiding
Mermaid dreams
Time to say goodbye
Escape, Elsie! Be free!
It's always a revelation to see how many people feel trapped by their environment or surroundings, thinking themselves unable to change it. There may be some risk, but one always has the power to make changes.
True! Thanks for your comment, @negativer. While this isn’t a strictly auto-biographical story, it does stem from personal experience, and I agree with you 100% that one can always take a risk and break free. It is dismaying, however, how very hard it is for the abused to leave their abusers. Unfortunately I will probably be writing some aspect of this story, in various ways, all my life.
Gritty and scary, an awful situation for poor Elsie..
Thanks, @ablaze! I quite agree.
It makes one think...
Thanks, @wales!
I wonder who she is running from. Hope she will be safe.
Yes, me too. :-)
Well penned.
Thank you, @momzillanc!
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