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One Voice, One Tree

Eko B
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2 min readAug 8, 2024

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Photo by Dana Luig on Unsplash

Today’s random word is voice; theme: defined on the provided image

She looks outside her window and sighs… deeply and loudly. The changing of green to maroon, brown, orange, and red… supposedly breathtakingly beautiful and humming the tune of the wonderful song, reminding her of a voice from a long ago, doesn’t give her a slight merry feeling within her.

Well… on the bright side, at least, that pear tree… the one planted by the voice from long ago… still has its strength. One beautiful pear smiles at her like a Christmas ornament, and she hears, “Pick me before I turn brown!”

She wishes she could, but… the accident! The wheelchair…

Today, 8/7/2024, I couldn’t write more responses because I reached the daily limit of 100. I’ll keep on reading and clapping; will write responses tomorrow. Thank you!

Thank you, Nancy Oglesby, for the fantastic inspiration.

Fiction Short Editors, thank you for your time and support.

From now on, I’m tagging one story daily. Not thrilled about this new ‘reality’. Yet, I believe that our bond as a community is much more than tagging, and our intelligence as humans is best defined as the ability to adapt.

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Fiction Shorts
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Eko B
Eko B

Written by Eko B

I'm in love with imperfections and possibilities. The commitment to unlock and shine by keep on putting together the broken pieces to create a masterpiece.