Where Will I Focus?

Melinda J. Irvine

9 years ago

the whole
is greater than
the sum of its parts

who I am
is not a broken total
I am the whole

Arjen dismantles the house from the place she and her mother have lived for more than 20 years.

pink flowers in the foreground — Arjen dismantles the house from the place she and her mother have lived for more than 20 years.

Arjen’s mother laments abandoning her jackfruit tree, her brother-in-law sold the land and gave them just a few weeks to relocate. Three years ago Typhoon Yolanda washed their home and all their belongings into the sea, they rebuilt the house a little closer to the road. Being forced to relocate to another area very far from the sea and their family is a bit like a second typhoon as they pull down the house and rifle through their belongings.

Daily Post: Total
Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus
I’m part of Post A Day 2017