Betrayal

Our Queen on her Balcony

Hello to all,

The warm spring sun charges Ginger's orange hair as she surveys the world from her deck, overseeing the entire neighborhood. This is her balcony of royalty for her queenship to rule over all she sees. As Mom changes the birdfeeder, Ginger protects her from all the dangers of the woodland creatures. She scours our yard for killer rabbits, robbing robins, and rude chipmunks.

A yelp of alarm breaks the quiet morning as danger enters the scene from the east. Appearing between the fence and the flowering bush, a most dastardly site, our neighbor Karen and the fiendish Bentley. He has plotted to dethrone Ginger for the past three years. Only a queen can see beneath the friendly demeanor and know the devil dog hell-bent on destruction.

Another warning bark alerts Mom to the danger, and she sees the intruders standing near the property line. In an act of defiance and betrayal, Mom strolls over to greet the menace with a smile and a handshake. Fearful and tormented barks fill the vicinity with panic over Mom's disloyalty. Then, Mom makes the most egregious betrayal: She leans down to pet Bentley.

The pain and sorrow in the woeful howling cry out, “Jesibel, traitor, turncoat, defector, betrayer.” This woeful message pulls me from my latest short story to see how treachery affects our family dog. Then I spy the site that torments our self-proclaimed queen of the home, Mom, talking with the neighbor while showing affection to their dog.  

I bring ginger into the house, comforting her with a cookie to soothe her broken heart. It takes two cookies to rid the picture of betrayal from her memory.

He Has Risen,

Danny Mac