There is no regret, only memories, some bittersweet, some funny. He looks back and smiles, all the time listening to the breeze blowing through the bare branches of the trees. He sees the present, but his reality is in the past, although he no longer reads it as the past, rather as a possible future, … Continue reading Decline
Intimacy
A little dusty place
He took a last look at the now empty apartment: between those walls he and his companion had spent some very happy hours, but also known doubts, and even fear. Times were changing, now was the right time to go home, to retrace their steps. Looking for his lost dream had been the goal, and … Continue reading A little dusty place
Home #75Words
They have room, at least just enough to sleep, dine and read. Green is the garden, as the rain falls. They have time: to plan, to work, to love. They have plenty of memories, to edit, reshape, immortalise. They have books, some read, some to read, plenty of them. The furniture may be in pieces, … Continue reading Home #75Words
Fantasy #writephoto
Thursday photo prompt As they prepared to leave and go home - a long way away - they started fantasising... There would be an island, a secret garden, a view over the old church, new colours and space for dreaming and loving. Perhaps even a shortcut to the lake from their porch? They would … Continue reading Fantasy #writephoto
Reaching #writephoto
Thursday photo prompt "So we are back", you said in a tone of voice void of emotions. But I knew better: "back" meant we had failed, together, to adapt to a different life, to create the new, to be reborn. Yet this was our home, the naked ground where we belonged. Even the barren … Continue reading Reaching #writephoto
Clarity #writephoto
Thursday photo prompt Once we walked along this shore, through these dunes, you and I, hand in hand, when the world was young. Now, our children stand tall and strong, and they and their mates look just like us, as we were. So you see, dear love, despite all the mistakes, sometime the doubts, … Continue reading Clarity #writephoto
Grassy cloud #3TC
Three Things Challenge: PL18 velvet, cloud, hippie Late in the day, emerging from his grass cloud, the ageing hippie saw you, asleep, as you once were, on the velvet pastel of the pool.
Keepsake #3TC
Three Things Challenge PL16 Today’s prompt: filter, keepsake, salad The apartment is so empty, the sky so low, the morning so quiet. Near the coffee machine, behind the filter box, I have hidden a keepsake of her presence, here, one summer night. I look at that bit of silk, black, introvert, provocative. Tender was that … Continue reading Keepsake #3TC
Before dawn #fivewords
Weekly Writing Challenge #170 A late dream, Don't I know what to expect! The storm must have woken me, And you, dear angel, Are still fast asleep... Yet I know: the Enemy and his minions strike before dawn, Hiding their hideous shapes Behind the windows' frames... I wrap myself in your gown, And swear … Continue reading Before dawn #fivewords
Our hidden secret #writephoto
Hidden The small stream is known to local children, and to the occasional wanderers. For us, I know, it has meaning, one of the places where our spirits shall meet, and remember the past. We once ran over those rocks, splashing each other, in the bright light of Spring. Then, we were happy, we … Continue reading Our hidden secret #writephoto
Of Glass & Paper 