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Something Better on the Horizon
A story in response to a writing prompt.
This story was inspired by the above image shared and distributed to the participants of the Sunrise Scribe weekly writing group I belong to hosted by my soul sista Fisiwe Zwana held every Tuesday and Friday mornings at 7:15 am EST.
Hope you enjoy reading.
Dear Bill:
I have this annoying daily habit of checking my Facebook Memories section whenever I first log in on the social media website. I don’t know why I do so but I’m curious to see and reread my past posts. It’s also great to reflect upon my memories. Sometimes they’re good; sometimes they’re not. The one that stopped me in my tracks today, May 12th, fell between the former and the latter, which I didn’t think was possible.
I saw a photo that was tagged to my account featuring me talking to my friend Sam Gaymon, a fellow poet who goes by the stage name Sam I Am. The scene took place at a poetry venue called Soul Survivors, which was hosted by a mutual friend and fellow poet Naila Mattison, back in May 2010. We were engaged in conversation, not realizing that someone took our picture. Sam was inputting my phone number into his cell phone for us to stay in touch and connect for future projects. Although it was a great photo of two Black men interacting, my heart…