DAYBREAK

The sun rose.

The world went on.

As if nothing had happened.

As if everything was as it should have been.

He found her in the nursery.

Staring out the window.

The sky was a fiery red.

It tinged her tears.

She gripped the unused blanket.


daybreak
Copyright Sue Vincent

This is a response to the #writephoto Prompt: Daybreak curated over at Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo. Click on the link to read other stories inspired by the image.

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37 responses to “DAYBREAK”

  1. Sadje Avatar

    Poignant!

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      1. Sadje Avatar

        You’re welcome 😉

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  2. willowdot21 Avatar

    Iain this is so raw, I hope you have not experienced this, your words convey you may have. I have , both not full term but never forgotten, missed. This was beautifully written, it touched me. 💜

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thank you so much, So grateful it managed to touch you. We were fortunate to not experience this, although we were close with premature twins, but they made it through in the end. Big hug.

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      1. willowdot21 Avatar

        Thank you for the hug, so pleased you have your twins. My girls would be about 46 now and the first 48 but I still wonder. They were not to term but still a loss 💜 On a happy note I have three fine sons, 37, 45 and 46 and two grandsons 💜

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  3. pensitivity101 Avatar

    Heartbreaking Iain.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thank you Di

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  4. magickmermaid Avatar

    Beautifully expressed. I hope this hasn’t happened to your family.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thank you. We were fortunate to avoid this, although had a big scare along the way, so it is not difficult to imagine what might have been.

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  5. robertawrites235681907 Avatar

    This is a great poem, Iain. Well done.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Roberta

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  6. Sue Vincent Avatar

    Utterly heartbreaking, Iain. I cannot imagine that pain, even though I have seen it in my son’s eyes.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thank you Sue.

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  7. Keith's Ramblings Avatar

    A tragic tale indeed.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Keith

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  8. Shayleene MacReynolds Avatar

    I can feel these words. Beautifully written. ❤

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thank you so much Shayleene

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  9. scr4pl80 Avatar

    Aww. I miscarried but early on so it wasn’t quite as bad. Fortunately had 3 healthy after. Very well done.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thank you Janet. It is a sad reminder of how precious and miraculous life is – and how we take it for granted so much of the time. So pleased you were able to have that joy, although I’m sure the heartache never entirely goes.

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  10. jenanita01 Avatar

    So very sad…

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  11. Michele Jones Avatar

    This is so sad. You can feel the pain the woman is going through.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Michele

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  12. D. Wallace Peach Avatar

    So sad, Iain. Sometimes it seems unfair that the world keeps going.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Sometimes I wish it would just stop.

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  13. Eugenia Parrish Author Avatar

    Oh, just a single word: “unused”, and we have the story. Good work.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thank you Eugenia.

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  14. The Urban Spaceman Avatar

    I think anybody who’s lost a loved one can relate to this. If humans had the ability to stop the dawn from breaking, I think we’d be trapped in an eternity of individual miseries. It’s a blessing that we can’t stop time, even though it feels like a curse.

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thank you for reading

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  15. joyroses13 Avatar

    Oooh this tugged my heart!!

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  16. Shannon Avatar

    Good rreading your post

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    1. Iain Kelly Avatar

      Thanks Shannon

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