Photo credit: © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
They didn’t know when Power would return.
When they’d be allowed to leave.
Only that it would have to.
Because it had been promised. And they’d been raised to listen. And believe.
The grid was down. The streets were bare. The shelves that once were filled to the brim were naked in the lanterns’ glare.
It mattered none.
When they had faith.
Power had said, before he left, the back of the car packed with goods he “had to take to the needier elsewhere,” that they were meant to wait, “indefinitely, if need be.”
An test of faith.
Till death.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Na'ama Yehuda 
Indefinitely…. so much can happen in that time!
That is asking much of faith, tell you what…
Beautifully done.
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Thank you, my friend! I would say it asks a bit too much … too often … and with the benefit all too often not going to the devotee …
May faith be practiced in moderation. And with common sense. Just like, perhaps, everything else…
xoxo Na’ama
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For me, it asks way too much…
And yes, moderation is best.
Happy October First! xoxo
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Thank you, m’dear! Happy Brrtober to you, too! It is cold and wet here today. We’re Canadiying. 😉
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Hahaha! We have had some cold mornings, tell you what…. 34 yesterday! Let us just say that I still love this time of year bestest 🙂
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Well, at least SOMEONE likes this season best … 😉 Me? I vote SUMMER!!!
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Oh, I know you do!!
And just so you know, I am SO not alone 😉 🍁🍂
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Fine. Fine. … (I admit I know a few other peeps who prefer the fall. Odd people that you are … 😉 )
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It’s only because you come from somewhere hot and dry that you cannot fall in love with autumn 😉
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(Ok, I’ll confess. I like autumn. I think it is a gorgeous season. The only problem is what FOLLOWS is winter … and I like winter the least … so the fall gets me whiny by association … 😉 If summer came after fall, I’d be guaranteed to ADORE fall … 😉 )
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Understood. I am not a huge fan of winter, truth be told. One month of it and I’m good.
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I knew I’d ‘convert you’ … 😉 Just kidding! Your winter ‘up north’ is also far far far more wintry than ours, here in the southern lands of New England … 😉
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Hah! Nah… I used to love winter. As I get older and do less activities, I like it less and less…
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Wiser with age, eh? 😉
😀
Truth is, winter isn’t a bad season. It is just a less comfortable season. And I do prefer summer to all of them. That said, fall is gorgeous. I just like to take the opportunity to whine about summer being over. Poor fall did nothing bad to me to warrant that…. Thank you for being fall’s advocate! 😀
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I like extreme weather less and less. The super hot and humid summers are not pleasant nor are the super cold humid winters!
Fall? Perfection. Mind you, this morning it was just above freezing which is a little too cold, too fast for me!
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Yeah, it is a bit too brrrr for me today, too, but honestly only lower 50s (12C) and rainy dampy coldy windy. So … not my favorite. But, it is the remnants of Ian and I cannot really complain, in comparison to what it was like elsewhere …
That said, with the heat yet to be turned on in the building, I did take the little space heater outta the closet, where it’s been since April or so, and set it to warm its innards (and mine) a bit … It is a definite sign of capitulation to the coming season on my end. So, it means I just HAVE TO make hot chocolate. So there.
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This is a profound story Na’ama
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Thank you! I am glad you found it to be so!
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My pleasure!
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Faith is a wonderful thing, sadly not all process it. Nice one Na’ama.
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Yes, and some distort if for their own personal gain at the expense of others’, exploiting faith for greed or power need.
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A chilling portrait of cult thinking
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Exactly! Yes, very much so! Thanks, Neil!
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A challenging story, as it makes the reader think, well told
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Thanks, Michael. My takeaway would be, if someone hightails it with most of your supplies and orders you to stay put ‘indefinitely’, then perhaps one would do well to reconsider the faith versus readying one’s fate …
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Oh yes, “it had been promised.” Well, that worked well. 🙂 Nicely done, Na’ama.
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Yeah … promises, promises, eh? 😉
Faith is fine, but blind faith rarely serves anyone well.
Thank you!
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You’re welcome, Na’ama.
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😀
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Hmph! I hope someone with a rebellious side lives among these benighted people and leads the charge to freedom!
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Amen to that! Me hope so, too! 🙂
Perfect comment! 🙂
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Clever use of ‘power’. A man or a power grid. Poetic feel.
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ah, yeah … some don’t know the difference … 😉 Thanks my friend!
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Na’ama Y’karah,
Wow, that was quite the twist. Here I was imagining this dystopian scene where the world’s power had shut down. You clever thang. 😉 Good to see you on the FF grid this week.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, my friend! Yeah, all manner of dystopia stuff in that … but, mostly, perhaps, in their little ‘devotee group’ (aka cult-like thing). Glad to be back on the FF grid – the next couple of months are still going to be very kooky, but hopefully I’ll be able to chime in more frequently than I had in the last few months … xoxo
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Nice post Naama, the way you have written such a short and brief blog about ‘Indefinitely” is truly astonishing and amazing
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Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the post and thank you for the comment.
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brainwashed to believe what they wanted to believe.
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Exactly! oy, eh?
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