Just Around the Corner
All I had to do was poke my head around and I would see her, walking away. Her steps would be purposeful, elegant, possessed of a subtle sway that drew the…
Farewell
"What is the feeling when you're driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their speck dispersing? It's the too huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies." - Jack Kerouac The challenge is simple. Write about that good-bye.
Challengers
8 entriesForever Autumn
I watched as her car sped off into the sunset. I watched until it disappeared over the edge of my world with tears dripping slowly down my face and onto the…
Chrysalis
No longer the form I was Now something better My wings produce not a buzz But simply a light flutter Many fewer feet On this new body of mine Antennae and…
No, I expect you to die!
Years of planning have finally come to fruition. The best minds in the world have worked on this project... Some might call it a Doomsday Device, I call it the…
A long goodbye
Grandpa Michael made some good investments, and I stand to receive quite a pile when Gram finally goes. Alzheimer’s disease is starting to get to her. She sent…
Goodbye on a breeze
I lay cuddled next to my mommy. She was warm and the night breeze was chilly on my delicate bones. I shivered. She moved and enveloped me closer into her…
Making the Trail
The trio of sleek black ships at the end of the pier look far too futuristic to be docked to the large industrial arms. If you stare hard enough, you could…