It is been 68 days. Sixty. Eight. Days. I am a prisoner. There’s been no ransom demand, he hasn’t tried to assault me, still, I’m a prisoner in this hovel, this shack. I am going to die here. I’m going to die alone. I don’t think my friends and family know where I am. I haven’t been to work and yet no one has tried to find me. I have been forgotten.
I’m hiding this diary from him because I think when I’m dead, perhaps someone will find this Journal. My last testament. Proof I was here. He feeds me. I have water. I’m even allowed to shower and sleep in a real bed. I don’t know what he wants. I don’t know what matters anymore.
I’ve begun to question my sanity. Was the life I led before, a dream? Are my memories wrong? I remember large groups of people laughing. I remember crowded sidewalks and arguments with strangers. I remember the smell of cars and cheap perfume. I miss those smells. How did I get here?
I can hear him, my jailer. He’s moving around. Is he the reason I’m being kept here against my will? Have I done something to wrong him? Dear Diary I don’t know what’s real anymore. When I’m able to look out the windows, all I see are trees. There are no people, there are no cars, no buildings. Where am I? He’s coming! Oh, dear God! He’s coming!
“Hey hon? I’m just about to hop in for a quick swim. How about after that I toss a few steaks on the barbecue? The cottage is a great place to sit out the pandemic!”
Well done, Pam!
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Thanks Jennie.
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You’re welcome.
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Nicely done, Pam. I think the resorts that promise “a chance to get away from it all” aren’t going to be very popular when this is over.
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Thanks Dan.
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Good story Pam.
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Thanks!
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Wonderful Pam. You have expressed universal thoughts and feelings perfectly. Even your painting expresses isolation. We’ve all become painfully aware that we don’t have to be away from civilization to be isolated….a pandemic can physically isolate us from loved ones, strangers, and even the neighbor’s right next door!
Please be healthy and safe. Maybe when this is all over we can all get together at that cottage and have a hell of a party!! 🤗
🐾Ginger 🐾
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That’s a party I would love!
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Some may just have a little trouble to ‘let go’ of what went before Pam. Change does that ❤️ 🙏🏽 🦋
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And we are looking at a ‘new’ normal!
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Very true dear lady 😀
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Thanks Melanie. Wow, no chocolate, no steak . . . if I can’t have my tea then maybe it’s time . . .
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Very well written. Thanks for sharing. Have a great Mother’s Day and stay safe! 😃
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Thanks! And, you too my friend.
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👍😃❤
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Excellent. And steaks sound wonderful!
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hahaha. Thanks
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The skin exposure to the sunshine is a healing force, fortified by the waters of the sea. A jailer who needs not keys, an appetite for rich foods, a shack of shelter – there are worse places to die. The view of green living trees, better than the view of cemetery and marble stones. No stopping the wonder of roaming thoughts of before.
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true.
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While we are imprisoned, an unwise sentence imposed upon us all, making use of the now – what will nourish our bodies and minds, when freedom hopefully dawns again, insights gained will give us strength, new, and never thought of before.
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Oh, I do hope so!
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Hahahaha. Good one. Ask him why he blinks his eyes so loud? That’ll get him.
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hahaha. I love it!
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This is a perfect summary for what is happening in the world right now.
Real? Not unreal. Wow.
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Our new reality.
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It is
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Excellent … also a good location to bury a corpse! 🙂
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Chapter two?
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Bwhahahaha … yes please! 😀
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Very well done, with a lovely spin!
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Thanks Brian
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