Applause
Erika - very poignant and hopeful and...familiar.
Strix, yours is familiar in a very different way.
Anyway, well done ladies!
Applause
'Day' is a vestigial mode of time measurement based on solar cycles. It's not applicable. I didn't get you anything.
River ,'Out Of Gas'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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EpicTangent - May 08, 2015 1:16:50 pm PDT #6253 of 6687
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
erikaj - May 08, 2015 1:28:24 pm PDT #6254 of 6687
Always Anti-fascist!
Thank you. Someday I might write about candy and rainbows(Actually kinda doubt it, but who knows?) Yeah, I related to Strix's too.
Wolfram - May 08, 2015 1:29:12 pm PDT #6255 of 6687
Visilurking
Great ones, Strix and Erikaj!
I was supposed to do one last week, and I just couldn't get into the head space. This one is for both prompts.
Truth
"Maybe it's wrong." He tries to say it gently, but she can hear him straining.
"I took it twice." She feels her face getting hot. She steadies herself on the edge of the sink.
His silence is clear. She knows what he's thinking about, and she starts to sob.
He knocks again. Softly. "Please."
She reaches behind her to unlock the door. She won't face him. She doesn't want to see his pain.
"This doesn't change anything." They both know he's lying, but it's a kind lie.
He puts his arms around her.
She hates him now more than ever.
Beverly - May 08, 2015 2:28:01 pm PDT #6256 of 6687
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Ohh...that's pretty painful, W. Nicely done, though.
SailAweigh - May 08, 2015 2:36:42 pm PDT #6257 of 6687
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Wow. You folks are knocking them out of the park this week.
SailAweigh - May 08, 2015 4:43:55 pm PDT #6258 of 6687
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Never Better
She closes the door behind her. It's late, later than she'd meant to be. Shoes in one hand, the other on the wall as a guide, she shuffles down the hall. Even ten years familiarity doesn't obviate the need for guidance in the pitch black. It's slow going. Sticking to one side of the hall, she skirts the floorboards in the middle that squeak: an extra long step ri-i-i-i-ght there. She keeps her gaze averted from the closed door along the opposite wall. No matter if it were open, anyway. It was too late for them a long time ago.
Wolfram - May 10, 2015 1:57:34 pm PDT #6259 of 6687
Visilurking
Nice one, SA.
SailAweigh - May 10, 2015 3:50:41 pm PDT #6260 of 6687
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Thanks, Wolfram.
FYI, there's a board member actually named SA, so folks usually shorten my moniker to Sail to avoid confusion.
Amy - May 10, 2015 4:28:40 pm PDT #6261 of 6687
Because books.
I love that, Sail.
Yay drabble writing people!
I'm trying to be proactive, so even though it's early, this week's prompt is: burn .
Wolfram - May 11, 2015 7:16:41 am PDT #6262 of 6687
Visilurking
FYI, there's a board member actually named SA, so folks usually shorten my moniker to Sail to avoid confusion.
Thanks, Sail. I won't edit it now, but I'm kicking myself because I actually knew that. I blame old age.
Yay, new prompt!