Written for https://skepticskaddish.com/2024/10/30/w3-prompt-131-weave-written-weekly/ They industry-swept over the shore, always asking for a little more, a peace-march into war they prayed. A late-leap and barriers crossed, should we believe in what we lost? A safe-wish to a higher boss they begged. A high-climb to those in deep, always with the power to make children weep AContinue reading “Peace”
Category Archives: Poems and short stories
Hope
Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2024/10/27/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-338/ To show our agency is to believe in our ability to shine. Be our own person, and not to stay in line with what others want us to be. If only they could see our dreams to write, create, and hope in a better world. To show respect is to understand weContinue reading “Hope”
Autism Card
Written for https://mymindmappings.com/2024/10/29/fandangos-story-starter-173/ It was going to be a long flight, and he hoped the woman sitting next to him wouldn’t start chatting. His shoulders shrank as he placed in his ear defenders. His autism card was on his lap. He hoped this stranger would give him space, rather than asking what it meant. WithContinue reading “Autism Card”
Mug
Written in response https://lindaghill.com/2024/10/25/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-oct-26-2024/ I prefer my special mug it is just the right size, Enough coffee to sustain and not minimise the amount of liquid needed to survive. Shaped like a cauldron with broomsticks on the side, yellow stars, letters, and glasses, Hogwarts I would never be retired. I would brew up all myContinue reading “Mug”
My World
Sign Language
Written for https://christinebialczak.com/2024/10/22/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge10-22-2024/ Learning sign language was a good idea, although she hadn’t realised it would be so complicated. Her dream, where blue hands punched through a paper wall, and the fragility of her child’s condition, urged her to stay on task. She pushed forward with the only means of communication they had; relying onContinue reading “Sign Language”
Surprise
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2024/10/18/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-oct-19-2024/ With the knife in her bag, her thoughts wandered in and out of consciousness. Nobody was here to save her, and she didn’t know what to do. Barbara, in her house, obviously, and she was after something. Sarah wrapped her fingers around the handle and hid in the shadows of the entrance.Continue reading “Surprise”
Safe
Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2024/10/19/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-ahead/ and https://skepticskaddish.com/category/poetry/poetry-prompt/ this is my attempt at a sonnet. I couldn’t stop staring into your eyes, counting all of your fingers and perfect toes Hours of pain forgotten in seconds Months of protecting you, my child, one promise to always be there and never fail you. A mother’s hope. My pride shone,Continue reading “Safe”
Washing Blues
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2024/10/16/one-liner-wednesday-when-one-door-closes/ Rain, rain, oh will you go away, why did you have to choose my washing day, come what may, I wish you lock your tenuous tears today.
Never Alone
Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/tag/word-of-the-day/ Thrilling my first roller coast ride with my dad by my side. I was scared, he held my hand the whole way round. I understood, whatever life shared he would protect me. Never alone, he is always there, a guiding light in my heart.
Writer Ravenclaw 