Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/05/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-222/ ‘Mum, can you not see your projection for our holiday agreement will not work. For a start, what is this pottery painting you are so excited about. Maybe when I was three, but I’m sixteen this year.’ ‘Well, what do you suggest? I see nightclubbing is on your list. I am gettingContinue reading “Power of Women”
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Time
In response to https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/06/01/reenas-xploration-challenge-282/ Time, why so slow? As a child, the torture of months, Seven, seven and a quarter, My next milestone, years away. Each day, an adventure. Wanting to be an adult, Eighteen, independence, to live my own life. Now, another milestone. Thirty, forty, fifty. Now, nearly sixty. Time, going quickly. Rushing fromContinue reading “Time”
A Slim Chance
Written today, for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/04/fowc-with-fandango-slim/ A slim chance, but it was better than no chance at all. She wanted to run the marathon, in just a year. In a month she had lost nearly a stone. Her trainer told her to take it easy – some stretches, the treadmill for ten minutes. It was like takingContinue reading “A Slim Chance”
Blue
Written in response to https://weeklyprompts.wordpress.com/?p=12990&preview=true ‘You look so blue.’ Sally sat on the school bench, staring up at the stranger in front of her. She wondered what he just meant? Blue, it was a beautiful colour. Oceans, skies, and Snorlax. This wasn’t how she was feeling at all. ‘I think, I am feeling more green,Continue reading “Blue”
Alone Time
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2023/06/02/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-3-2023/ June just wanted to be left alone, an hour’s peace was all that she wanted. If she were in the front room, her husband would be moaning about his computer not working. If she were in the kitchen, there would be toddlers under her feet. Either hungry, or wanting to go toContinue reading “Alone Time”
Never Alone
Written for https://annetterochelleaben.wordpress.com/2023/06/01/thankful-thursday-jun-1-2023/ I am thankful for my children, grandchildren, husband, bestie, and my dogs (Titan, and Molly) Never alone, they will always be there to help, when I am feeling overwhelmed. In return, I will always be there for them. Sometimes it feels like life is out of control. A smile, or a hug,Continue reading “Never Alone”
Don’t Like Fighting
Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/05/31/its-thursdays-six-sentence-story-link-up-40/ ‘Yellow Belly!’ He never quite understood what other children were saying to him, he belly wasn’t yellow, just beige, like everyone else at school. ‘It means you are a coward,’ his friend said, sensing his confusion. He didn’t like fighting the bully, chose to walk away instead. His mum said to ignoreContinue reading “Don’t Like Fighting”
Time
Written in response to https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2023/05/31/ronovan-writes-sijo-wednesday-poetry-challenge-64-use-completion-as-your-inspiration-this-week/ The sands of time, flow in one direction only. Nothing stops it, gravity gaining speed when your role is at an end. Another way of life perhaps?
Silent Steps
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2023/05/31/one-liner-wednesday-sorry-3/ Before you say anything horrible, remember, that sometimes the person who has walked in those shoes has pushed through the barrier of getting up in the morning – their struggle is as silent as the steps they take to walk through the day.
Fortune Cookie
Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/05/30/fandangos-story-starter-99/ Ross opened the fortune cookie that was delivered with his Chinese take-out and was shocked when he read the message inside telling him that his life was in danger and that he needed leave the city immediately. He thought his time in MI5 was over, his marriage to the Russian spy heContinue reading “Fortune Cookie”
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