Union Station in Washington D.C. © Dawn M. Miller
Wednesday, in the midst of a workday, yet it seems like the after hours. The dust begins to settle reverberating in the emptiness of the station.
Tickets withheld in the absence of people not rushing to get somewhere. The jewelry counter, immaculate, displays bracelets and necklaces, but there are no eyes lingering to take in their gleam.
The day has stopped.
Drawn away, bodies stand still and hearts soar as minds painfully present themselves before a voice calling for freedom. Souls stir deep inside by a message of hope and love for living in the after hours of a dream.
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Note: This is for Friday Fictioneers graciously hosted by Rochelle, in exactly 100 words, write a story about the selected photograph. Please check out submissions by Fellow-Fictioneers by clicking on the frog.
Shainbird 
I liked it, the ending you gave it was a perfect, emotional wrapper for the whole story and scene.
Thank you Oloriel 🙂
Love the tone of this. Almost magical, yet so real.
Thank you for your reaction!
A daydream, very beautiful and magical, your porse very poetic…I loved it.
Thank you Georgia!
opps…saw a typo…should have bee prose.
No problem 🙂
Although I’m not quite sure what’s happening, it has a haunting poetic quality. Either life has stopped for a moment so all can appreciate deeper meanings or we are indeed within someone’s dream or ???
Actually Perry, with surrounding events and the fact this photo is the D.C. station, my mind drifted to what D.C. would have been like while Marlin Luther King Jr. addressed so many in tense times. Thanks for reading!
Perfect for today. I love this, very poetic. Simple in wording, rhythmic, magical and pleasant to the ear. This flows with ease and grace.
Tom
Thank you Tom!
Well done.
Thank you Sandra 🙂
wonderfully written. the tone is lovely 🙂
Thank you KZ 🙂
Nicely done. Some lovely imagery.
Thank you!
We’re talking about Martin Luthor King’s speech day, aren’t we? And I think it is beautiful!
Yes, considering the commemoration of the exact day, thank you for reading Lindaura!
Very poetic.
Thank you!
Dear Shainbird,
Beautiful words and in light of Lindaura’s comment, it makes sense. I have to admit that I got lost in the midst of the descriptions for want of a story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle, your setting of the picture took me to what it would have been like on that extraordinary day in D.C., 50 years ago to the date!
Great tribute to MLK and very timely and topical. Excellent idea! Ron
Thank you Ron, I appreciate you saying so!
Dear Shainbird,
This was a mystery to me until I fugured out (with the help of others) the context. Then it became beautiful.
Aloha,
Doug
Thanks so much Doug, sorry for the ambiguity but the day just led me there 🙂
Unique and interesting tribute to MLK.
Thank you!