Oleander's Journal
Writing about Oleander
Sins of a God
Mother's Love
It was raining. A woman bowed, palms to the earth, knees dug into the ground. Tears ran like streams overflowing with the recent rainfall down her dirtied face. Her plain skirt and apron were covered in debris, the house was crumbled around her. Through choked sobs she prayed.
“O’ lord of t-tragedy, O-Oleander, please spare my c-children! Please, please, please, tell me they’re alive! Take me,” the woman stared into the sky, grief welling in those teary eyes. “Take me instead!”
A mother’s grief. The grief turned to desperation as the woman suddenly clawed at the ground, now freely and loudly howling. She dug so furiously the tips of her fingers peeled and began to bleed. Shrieking, pounding the earth, before having to be dragged away by first responders, hand still outstretched toward what was once her family.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐀 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡.
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