Random Thought Bubbles

once upon a time there was a girl who couldn't make up her mind about which way to take at a fork in the road. she sat by the curb and watched all the other people walking hand in hand, who were either smiling or laughing with each other, pass her by. she stretched out her hand to catch someone's attention but everyone was busy talking. all the voices drowned out her one tiny whisper. and the ones who did give her a cursory glance turned back to their partners and walked on.

she was anxious and frantic because she didn't know where to go. so she tried to walk beside some people. and part of the way, some of them gave her the time of day. and some of them actually held her hand for a while. but each one she felt couldn't tell her which way to go. so she talked in circles and either let go off the hand or made the other person let the hand go. too often she held too many hands because she was afraid if she let one hand go she would be completely lost.

once upon a time there was a boy. he was walking on a dusty road with his friends. each one held someone else's hand and they made a circle in which to be safe. they all had smiling eyes and they always had something to talk about. the boy passed a girl sitting by the side of the road. he wandered from the circle, wondering who she was and why she was walking around in circles. and he decided to hold her hand and try to help her.

they walked around for a while. but the girl was too wrapped up with herself and her decisions and her fear of being lost. so, he was forced to let go off her hand and be on his way.