Author Archives: writerravenclaw

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Too tiny to haunt, their elders would taunt, bigger screams they would flaunt, when trick or treater’s smash the midnight air. One Halloween night with their combined height and their ghostly figures alight an idea struck which would give them the edge. With their most frightening boo, they yelled at the crew,Continue reading “The Best”

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/10/26/reenas-xploration-challenge-304/ There is a sadness in profanity – Tom used to say that to his friends, before he would go into the recesses of his muddled mind. An amazing person, always there when you needed him, struggled to do a good turn for himself. Tom’s mobile would ring into infinity when he didn’tContinue reading “Sadness in Profanity”

Written in response to https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ In some ways, my past was the good old days. As children, we socialised more. The old rule of going indoors when the street lights went on was something we understood. Although we never strayed far from the street we lived in. There was always one parent keeping a watchfulContinue reading “Good Old Days?”

Return Soldiers return from their fight, broad grins all around. They lower down their kit bags, and joy in tears are found. Young and old are waving flags, as far as the eye can see. But the person I am waiting for, will never come back to me. The princesses celebrate in London, celebrations allContinue reading “Return”