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”
Author Archives: writerravenclaw
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/ If you were an animal, what would you like to be? 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. Do you prefer curtains or blinds at your windows?Continue 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”
Family
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ I have never thought about immigrating to another country. My family live here, and I don’t wish to miss any time with them. I am lucky, and my daughter, son and grandchildren are not far away. I hope to travel. Italy, where my dad as a paratrooper, has always been a placeContinue reading “Family”
New Day
Written for https://skepticskaddish.com/2025/02/12/w3-prompt-146-weave-written-weekly/ With each problem start afresh the next day with each heartache take a breath and move forward with each stumble pick yourself up, brush away the dust with each tear let them fall, let them breathe with special friends, family too hope, and harmony, heals you.
Stickler
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2025/02/14/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-feb-15-2025/ ‘You’re a stickler on the rules.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘So, why do you arrive for work on time, but are you always late for our staff night out?’ Lara stared at her nails, rather than looking her colleague in the eye. It was true. She hated being the first. If she did, then sheContinue reading “Stickler”
Share
Written in response to https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ Engagement, keeping track never losing concentration giving all of your time and thoughts align and generous efforts fly into every hope of a mesmerising result each courageous leap never missing the target you have aimed for.
Learn
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2025/02/12/one-liner-wednesday-i-dont-learn/ If we learn from our children, we can help make the world a better place.
Control
Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2025/02/12/its-thursdays-six-sentence-story-blog-hop-6/ A tip for a successful marriage is to share life, without being in control of the other partner,’ Mum’s quiet advice, and Jessica felt she understood more than she let on. ‘It’s going to be a beautiful wedding; he wants only the best for me.’ ‘You always wanted to get married inContinue reading “Control”
