I urge people to join in, comment with your paragraph of fiction to accompany the image. It doesn’t have to follow my story or reflect the same themes. It can be a poem or in a different language (provide a translation please 
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“There’s nothing out there.” I said to my son. “There’s only madness, sinners, and pain.”
“But look at the trees. Surely they’re not any of those things. Can I just go outside and touch them?” He caressed the glass.
Squinting, I peered out of the window. “The sweet things deceive us. They keep us out there where it’s not safe. But you’re safe here,” I squeezed my son’s shoulder, “You’re safe here with me.”
– Ermisenda Alvarez
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loved this take on the prompt here… The safety of a mother from the world… actually quite the beautiful place to be when you’re growing, learning and finding the good and evil that can be inherent in life… Here’s my take on this week’s picture… http://sadandmas4u.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/picture-it-and-write-daylight-asmsg-paranormal-fantasy-short/
Super creative. Love this idea. I can’t imagine a world without sun. Thanks for contributing this week! 🙂
Thank You Ermillia, so glad you liked this. When I saw the picture in your Saturday’s posting email, and those fingers enlightened, the thought just manifested… and yes, a world without the sun… really unimaginable at best… ☀
Ha, so eerily coincidental. My take on this was immediate, but it was the one thing I chose not to write. Amazing how easily I could have incorporated what you wrote by eliminating two simple words. Maybe I should have read first this time. 😦 Here’s To Take the Edge Off.
This is amazing, like Joe said. You write madness really well. I loved this line, ‘I’m not crazy. I only stabbed him a few times.’ Brilliant. I just love reading your stories. This could be an amazing start to a novel.
I thought it was funny the similar impressions you had, with the madness, the pain, wanting to touch the outside world, and the element of danger. Coincidence? Or there’s really something in the picture that suggests those things?
Maybe it was coincidence…I’ll have to read the other entries to find out! 😀 Or maybe our minds are in tune. 😉 Or our minds are just as twisted as each other. 😛
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A sad tale Ermi, Nicely written. Here’s mine for this week. http://joe2stories.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/picture-it-and-write-their-mark/ Enjoy!
Joe
I really like how the hand painting became a tradition. I’m surprised the teacher didn’t go to wash it off. She must have a soft spot for kids being kids. Thanks for contributing this week!
I followed Joseph McNamara to __picture it & write, mine is at http://joyousreach.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/another-step/.
It’s so great to see what the image represented for you. Sometimes the best time to seek peace and ‘the light’ is when we are at our lowest points. But it can be hard for us to see that in our misery. Thanks for contributing this week!
Here is mine for this week!! 🙂
http://gotmeghan.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/picture-it-write/
I really liked the visual of “Her lucid dreams keep her mind awake but her eyes shut.” It’s such a powerful statement because often when we think of being awake, we naturally have our eyes open. So it was cool that you put those two images so close together. Thanks for contributing this week! I’m glad the image inspired you. 🙂
This is a brilliant idea~~
Here is my response~~ http://johnandmargaret1607.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/ermilia-picture-it-and-write/ Edit View Post Get Shortlink
What torture it must be to see the warmth of the outside but being unable to go out. I guess it works as a bigger metaphor for the sinister plot beneath your words. I wonder what will happen after the extermination? I wonder what or who is being exterminated? Thanks for contributing this week. 🙂
I combined this with another prompt and came up with this:
http://dothedead.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/woke-up-this-morning/
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A little late, but here goes.
http://msudlj.com/2014/03/26/picture-it-write-never-again/
DJ