“The human mind does not stay within lines.
It adjusts to trauma any way it can, always seeking a way to balance. You know that, right?
It was a rhetorical question, of course.
At least that’s how Kris took it.
No way would she tell her doctor that the reason she could only see in her dreams was not because of post traumatic stress, curable with time. It was that her eyes gave up on seeing atrocities and shutdown her optic nerve. Wait, that meant she did agree.
“Right.” Kris finally spoke. Her voice still worked. At least for now.
Today’s short story brought to by the photo prompt at Rochelle Wisoff- Fields Friday Fictioneer’s challenge. Check out her web-site to join the party!
Clare Graith 