True Love

Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2025/02/22/weekly-prompts-the-one-day-prompt-10/ One day a fearful mum holds a tiny hand with a love full grown. Crawling, walking, growing a proud mum allows with a fearless love to let their soft wings swoop free Whoever they are happiest to be, fearsome roots never leave.

Love Her

Written for https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/tag/flash-fiction/ What is this tic-tacky thing, anyway? Mum wants me to pose in colourful petals. She drags these rose goggles on me. Snap, the light flashes into my eyes. Good job, I love her! Other kids get kibble. Me? The best chicken served on a layer of rice, with a special meaty sauce.Continue reading “Love Her”

Outburst

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ I don’t lose my temper often and often keep my feelings under control. An outburst of anger always ends in me crying. Apologising is the best way; although talking through why I got angry helps too. At home, and at work, it takes a lot for me to be annoyed, but whenContinue reading “Outburst”

Window

Written for https://skepticskaddish.com/2025/02/19/w3-prompt-147-weave-written-weekly/ Red petal soft, a strong rose, outside your window A wind that sings a prose, yet life is just a window. Fragile, understanding that beauty is fleeting each living thing dies, like a scene through this window. Your fear not shown, you gaze out at your rose. My face watches your reflectionContinue reading “Window”

Simple

Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-354/ Winding through each stage in life. Living happiness and strife. Nothing’s simple, yet we smile. Willing to walk that extra mile. for friends and family we keep walking. To keep us healthy, lets keep talking.

Out at Night

Written in response to https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2025/02/17/share-your-world-17th-february-2025/ A cat, they live the life of luxury, get fed, have lots of cuddles. They also get to go out at night, and meet up with all their feline friends. Curtains because they are easier to clean. We both drive, although I use it slightly more than he does. IContinue reading “Out at Night”

Love

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Cleopatra swept her arms around her Chidinma. Listening to the warning cries suffocating her jungle. Humans slicing tall trees like they were nothing more than insignificant strands of wood. Screams rang across the leaves, each animal’s dwelling lost to greed. Many years, too many, where they moved in the direction of theContinue reading “Love”