Written in response for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ It crawls all across my branch, its humanlike fingers tighten against my roots. I hear the angry rumble of the machine, its angry claws ready to cut through the red mark on my trunk. Cold, like a forgotten winter, there is nothing I can do to stop this insidious monster.Continue reading “Claws”
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Yet!
This week’s prompt from https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Barbed wire mind constantly giving unwanted feedback, shaping thoughts into a minefield of self destruction. Worry, fear, a sense of foreboding, always there . . . Yet! We can change our view, give ourselves a chance of survival; Focus on the things, which make us happy. A walk in theContinue reading “Yet!”
When I Grow Up
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see ‘What do you want to do to when you grow up?’ It wasn’t a difficult question, Molly always knew what she wanted to be. Even from an early age, she picked the Doctor Barbie, or set up a teddy hospital for all those with dog related injuries. It wasn’t totally his fault;Continue reading “When I Grow Up”
Home
Written today for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Stevie lived at 114 Baker Street for most of her life. Born at Wexham Park Hospital, only a few miles away. Now, this would be the last time she could walk out of the door, calling it her home. Her mum smiled all the way to her eyes as she steppedContinue reading “Home”
Mum
Written today for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ It was the day to make the right decision. Her map, a ruse to stop herself from getting on the train. On another day, she couldn’t even leave the house. Was she afraid of meeting her birth mother? She wasn’t sure, not even now. Adoption, and she always understood her parentsContinue reading “Mum”
A New Dawn
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ I was a drifter, moving from one part of the country to the next. Never settling down in one place. Ever since I was born, it was weird, I always felt slightly out of sequence with all other humans on the planet. My brain wired in such a way, I saw connectionsContinue reading “A New Dawn”
You Have Been Warned!
Written in response to https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Talking, about the state of his dinner, Tom stuck his fork into a shrivelled, black potato. He swayed a little, unable to get his wife into focus. I mean, he wasn’t that late home. In fact, only an hour, and he should have stayed where he was. With all thatContinue reading “You Have Been Warned!”
Thank You
Written in response to https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/. We have a lot to be thankful for. A silent prayer, thanking for all the good in his life, Simon held his hands together in thanks. A roof over his head, a great family, friends and life. Sometimes it wasn’t perfect, but then he was lucky. A man, outside theContinue reading “Thank You”
Dawn of a New Day
A picture prompt from https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ this week. I stand at the tip of the ocean, my arms wide, to welcome the sea breeze back to shore. There is something comforting about freshness of the air, as it hits my sleeveless arms. Spring, surpasses winter, and each cold morning is now starting to thaw. This moment,Continue reading “Dawn of a New Day”
Blindsided
https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ and this is my interpretation of their prompt. Walking through the darkness, and the couple in front of me are mere shadows against the fog. It is like someone has taken a paintbrush and is slowly erasing the light. In two months, I won’t be able to see anything. There may be some light,Continue reading “Blindsided”
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