Odd

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Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2023/08/23/weekly-prompts-wednesday-challenge-socks/

My right reason for being bright deserted me in a warm bath of swirling bubbles. I reached my left toe into the mist, but our plan to remain united failed as we twisted in a hurricane of tears. As the world went upright, I folded into oblivion.

The lost sock bag, and many friends commiserated with me on my loss. Not the best. We danced in happy union sometimes. A few steps, and back in the basket. Did I search for my love? Every day, yet it wasn’t to be.

Funny how things happen.

This old lady, with silver in her hair, worked to join a lonely winter of wool. I observed you as she whistled a merry tune.

‘I’m over here!’ I yelled.

Yellow, with yellow, and red with red. As each pair hugged, I hoped she would recognise our delicate pattern of Christmas trees. Pointing her in your direction, I shuffled nearer to the scramble of feet. She lifted me onto the magical side and dug deep into the pack of pairs.

Together at last, a pair for life, well at least until next Christmas.

Published by writerravenclaw

I am a fifty something mother of two grown up children, and one beautiful grandchild. I have been married for nearly thirty-four years. My first book was published ten years ago. I wrote my book Sticks and Stones because of my experience of being bullied at school.

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  4. We’re still on our Christmas break and haven’t published a challenge since our Ghost challenge on the 14th of December. I logged on today to check that there were no late entries for ‘Ghost’, and I was surprised to find three responses to the Socks Challenge published in August 2023! Now, I’m intrigued as to how you all found it!

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      1. Haha, that explains it. Looking again, I think Sadje might have re blogged an old response and that maybe started the chain linking back to the original! 😂

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