Monday, January 7, 2013

Survival


The old man shuffled along the dusty road; with head bowed he moved forward one step at a time. 

He was one of the lucky ones, making it outside the city before the disease spread and the city was cut off from the rest of the world.

Behind him a band of light appeared along the horizon as the sun began its climb.  The dusty vegetation alongside the road slowly emerged from the shadow of night.  Parched from the lack of rain the landscape braced for the coming heat of day. 

He considered his fate if he didn’t find water.

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