Helen Astern by S.V. Farnsworth

Writing prompts usually don’t move me, but this one did.

You can imagine my surprise when a photograph of an old VW van stirred my heart to write a few words. I submitted my work to the contest the prompt came from, but I didn’t win. Even so, I still have those words in my pocket.

Here it is…Helen Astern by S.V. Farnsworth. Comment if it touches you in any way that you’d like to talk about.

Helen Astern, A little girl with her mother’s eyes. Look out the back window of your rolling home. Yellow van of stalled aspiration. See the world. Lives lived in passing. No roots, but one. Grandma’s hands, pulling in, pulling back. Old strength to young growth. Stretch and thrive before you drive. Away.