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Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/reenas-xploration-challenge-303/ A Mother’s Love The moment you were put in my arms, I knew being a mother was special. You couldn’t smile, not yet. That didn’t bother me in the least. You gripped on to my fingers like a boxer and I was hooked. It was like all my pain drifted into anotherContinue reading “A Mother’s Love”

Written in response https://fivedotoh.com/2023/10/16/fowc-with-fandango-vegetate/ With her pyjama’s on, and soft slippers on cold feet, Beth was ready to relax. There was a binge box set and a glass of wine with her name on it. Settled on the sofa, with a warm blanket, she had everything she needed. It was a long week at work,Continue reading “Binge Box Set”

Not an ideal situation Our planet’s revelation to what we do each time we don’t recycle plastic or do something so drastic that global warming becomes reality We cannot turn back time. October should be cold, the colours sparkling Yet it feels like autumn Is constantly battling our arrogance.

Into the water is the story of two sisters, Nel and Jules. They say Nel jumped to her death in the drowning pool. Jules has to travel back home to look after their teenage daughter Lena. From the moment they meet, they do not get along. One blaming the other for a loss neither ofContinue reading “Into The Water – By Paula Hawkins”

Written for http://dversepoets.com/2023/10/02/dverse-q185-brushing-the-dust-off/ As a little girl, each month was a milestone – five and two, three, eleven months. brushing away time, until my next birthday. Years never flew quick enough. As I get older,31 something not quite right. Time flies by and months turn into debatable decades.

This is a story I wrote for my writing group in my home town. A Moment in Time I sit there and stare at the red sky, so many thoughts travelling around my head. The air around me is filled with a stench that invades my clothes and is even attached to my skin. IContinue reading “Stench”

A FRIEND IN TIME My heart pounding in my chest, Imagination to reveal the rest, I crept towards this friendly face, With an increasing fumbling grace, Every moment caught in time, Wishing courage would stay mine, But several times I tried to turn, But then knew I would never learn That true friendship can overturnContinue reading “Bestie”

Being surrounded by Dahlia’s was always the best part of Sophie’s day. Work seemed to be getting more difficult to navigate. Like a minefield, there was always something, which could turn her day upside down. Here, sat in her deckchair, she could forget her stresses. This lavender coloured flower was something she was proud of.Continue reading “Dahlia”

It started out on a dating app on the computer, to search for her ideal man. She scrolled through, finding just what she was looking for. Steve, he said his name was, in his early thirties. Wearing a moustache, which came straight out of the seventies, she wondered if that was true. Typing, she wasContinue reading “Not Ideal”