And Then
When I finish a book or a short story I want to find out what happens next. Tales end, but we know that the final period doesn't mean the final end. It's just that a writer comes to a stopping place, solves the problem and moves on.
There's always an "and then" to a story. Every article in the newspaper continues past the last line. We're curious. We want to go beyond the borders. Newspaper writers know this and they write follow up stories to help satiate our curiosity. But still the thread meanders past the writer's concluding word.
I have some partial endings I want to write. Family stories that hang between possible and forever shut.
To subscribe to the idea of a stream continuing on even when shoals and rocks deter a smooth path releases me from thinking of dead ends—and something as hopeless.
There's always an "and then" to a story. Every article in the newspaper continues past the last line. We're curious. We want to go beyond the borders. Newspaper writers know this and they write follow up stories to help satiate our curiosity. But still the thread meanders past the writer's concluding word.
I have some partial endings I want to write. Family stories that hang between possible and forever shut.
To subscribe to the idea of a stream continuing on even when shoals and rocks deter a smooth path releases me from thinking of dead ends—and something as hopeless.
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