One Cent At A Time.....And She Wanted To Paint A Picture.....
By Sue21
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
Pamplona, Spain
July 14, 2021 6:13am CST
She was thinking of if I could
If I could paint a picture
A picture of that man´s face
Of total exhaustion
Of lack of food and water
People were just fobbing him off
Brushing him away
Scorching blazing red hot cement
Being there the whole day
She wanted to be able to paint
Of course she cannot
The lines of tiredness, despair
Just being given one cent at a time
So she when she gave him fifty cents
A whole coin of fifty cents
She sent him in her thoughts other things
To try and help him get out of there
His face lit up
I wish I could have painted the
The one look from before and the other look of after
After she gave him that coin
To him it looked like gold.
I cannot paint and its hard to paint it in words too.
These people when they come here receive little or no help for a long period of time so they are very often not asking for and doing that for fun.
I only give when I feel its genuine and he was I was feeling it and I trust my instincts always.
Oh by the way he was there in a huge shopping mall where there is no shade, no green or water at all unless you buy it the heat was off the charts that day.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Jul 21
Thank you I love those flowers.
The guy was dehydrated I could tell I thought to myself in the name of goodness somebody give him something to drink.
So I gave him 50 cents in a coin not those measly one cent things.
His gratitude was more than enough for me.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Jul 21
@CarolDM
Bless you too and glad you like the colours of the flowers.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
14 Jul 21
@lovinangelsinstead21 Bless you. And the blooms are a gorgeous color.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Jul 21
Thank you it was how I saw his face he was totally done in meaning he was very tired.
The heat in this country can get to be very tiring and you are not allowed to sit outside of anywhere.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
14 Jul 21
I happened to read a book which is well painted by its author. He's considered by his review writer as the "painter of words."
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Jul 21
Well that is great, I can only write when I need to write and its not every day.
He must be really talented.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
15 Jul 21
@Nakitakona
I have read two authors that have that ability to take you there right to the story itself.
Have a great day ahead.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
14 Jul 21
@lovinangelsinstead21 He has excellent command of words. When your read his book, you just watching a movie. He's good in descriptive writing.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Jul 21
I appreciated the fact that he could at least get something to drink or eat to get him out of the terrible heat.
He could have had a heat stroke.
That´s why I tried to paint in words what i saw how I was seeing him right then.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Jul 21
@S4mmyboy
Thank you but I did not want him to be having a heat stroke which can happen here a lot.
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
14 Jul 21
@lovinangelsinstead21 that was so kind of you
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