Nutty, I do remember reading the hydra myth at about aged 12 or so, and wondering "Why didn't they just get flamethrowers?"
Man, I love metaphors, even when they bite my arse.
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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deborah grabien - Mar 28, 2005 8:08:17 am PST #878 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Steph L. - Mar 28, 2005 3:54:33 pm PST #879 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
....and 9 hours later, I finally follow through on my promise of a new topic:
Challenge #50 (describe someone through the contents of their desk/wallet/etc.) is now closed.
Challenge #51 is 2 simple words, on a not-so-simple topic: heaven and hell.
t edit You don't necessarily need to take the "and" literally -- it could also be "heaven OR hell." As always, up to all y'all.
deborah grabien - Mar 28, 2005 4:22:21 pm PST #880 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Oh, jebus, Tep. You're trying to kill me...
Pix - Mar 28, 2005 4:32:32 pm PST #881 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Okay, very deep breath. This one is very hard to write.
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Heaven is the gentleness. The security. The way he rocks me. It is, "Quit your job. Follow your dreams. I'm here," and "Go to sleep, baby," at 2AM, face still wet from nightmare tears. Heaven is knowing I never have to doubt or distrust or second-guess.
Hell is 200 days a year by myself. Never having a date to a wedding. Loneliness. It is, "So where is he this week?" and not knowing the answer. It is sleeping diagonally in the bed and listing my mother as my first emergency contact. Hell is knowing the heaven may not be enough.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 28, 2005 4:33:49 pm PST #882 of 10001
What is even happening?
Kristin. So powerful. I literally gulped, trying to respond.
Pix - Mar 28, 2005 4:34:41 pm PST #883 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Thanks Cindy. I'm crying a little, to tell you the truth. Needed to be written, though.
deborah grabien - Mar 28, 2005 4:36:44 pm PST #884 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Kristin, I know. Deep breath of my own, over here, recovering one of the more important memories I'd misplaced, that first time together, that first kiss:
Bliss/Burn
The lock of eyes, binding, yours to mine. This moment is inevitable; you knew it before I did, because you saw me first.
Recognition takes me hostage, places me at your side, in your arms, in your bed, places you in me. I'm seventeen. Lip belly breast and speaking souls, this is the best heaven holds. My tongue samples your scarred places, trying to take your damage as my own. Heaven is all about strength shared.
Later, as you sleep, I stare at the walls of a bedroom that will never be fully mine, a man I somehow know I'm not meant to save or keep.
Hell? Is all about being lost.
Steph L. - Mar 28, 2005 4:45:22 pm PST #885 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
FYI: I made one small amendment to the challenge, and so peoples don't have to scroll back, here it is:
You don't necessarily need to take the "and" literally -- it could also be "heaven OR hell." As always, up to all y'all.
Kristin, Deb -- those are so. fucking. powerful.
Amy - Mar 28, 2005 4:49:41 pm PST #886 of 10001
Because books.
Wow. Kristin, Deb, way to start off. Both of those gave me a lump in my throat.
Beautifully, honestly written, both of them.
deborah grabien - Mar 28, 2005 5:07:07 pm PST #887 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Kristin's just about broke me in half.