*Friday Fictioneers is talented group of enthusiasts penning down a story, a poem, a prose, etc., expressing their heart about a photo prompt, every week. Thanks for this week’s beautiful PHOTO PROMPT © Piya Singh!
Tara kept turning around, trying to see it as long as she could.
Karl looked at her quizzically. He couldn’t fathom her interest.
The area was dotted with such places. He had seen them all his life.
He knew the story inside – cramped quarters, smoky cooking place, eked out living, yearning for something better…
He had run from it all!
He hadn’t seen the simple beauty, the rustic charm, the home!
Maybe he had exchanged the picture perfect for the perfect picture!
Now it was he who took another look.
The bend in the road hid it from sight.
MULLINGSPICE 
The scales didn’t fall from his eyes soon enough, I guess. I liked the play on ‘picture perfect’.
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Sometimes you certainly miss what’s right in front of you. Lovely story!
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Thank you. It was intentional!
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Isn’t that the truth!
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Too late, Karl; but a lifetime ahead to remedy it. Lovely story.
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Thank you!
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He had exchanged the picture perfect for the perfect picture….. ohh!!! I loved the lines
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Thank you!
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Neat, neat! Two ways of looking at it. I like the picture perfect line. Terrific!
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I like the idea here, that looking at a place you know with a stranger’s eyes can make you see it afresh.
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Thank you!
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I feel you are struggling to find your niche. Don’t worry, you will find your unique voice!
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Thank you v much!
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I love the line ‘Maybe he had exchanged the picture perfect for the perfect picture!’
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Dear Sabina,
Well pictured. 😉 As Joni Mitchell sang in Big Yellow Taxi, “don’t it always seem to go that we don’t know what we’ve got til it’s gone.”
Shalom,
Rochelle
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The line ..” the picture perfect for the perfect picture” was a smart of way of telling the difference between his past and current life. Nicely done.
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Thank you!
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Oh oh what a tongue twisting truth!
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Thank you!
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We rarely see what’s in front of us. Great story, well told
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Thank you!
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Maybe we have to turn back sometimes instead of forging ahead. Picture perfect migh be right behind you.
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It’s a shame he didn’t appreciate it at the time…
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Lovely descriptors.
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If it’s a childhood with love, home will always be home no matter what. Karl finally realized the fact. Well done, Sabina. 🙂 — Suzanne
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This is great. Sometimes we need to see things through other people’s eyes to appreaciate what we have, or had.
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