Prompt 1

 

Out of Nowhere!

 

(First two lines from Selkie Weaning Young (Redux) by Diana Khoi Nguyen

 

This is how she found us

the past draped about us like a cloak,

she offered a helping hand

soon the weight of the past was lifting.

 

Her smile was for real

however, no words did she speak,

pointing the way forward

pulling the draping past from us.

 

Wanting to say thanks we

wondered where she went too,

making our way onwards

moving more freely than before.

 

How did she know our past,

how did she know where to find us