Title: Caught in Illusion
Source: Weekend Writing Prompt #113 – Enthrall
Objective: Write a poem or piece of prose in exactly 54 words.
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Now, when I think of her, I realize we danced on a precipice. The creature’s supple body, her distant eyes conspired to enthrall me. Her siren song consumed me. Blackened daylight seeped into desolate nights. My world did not exist.
The heavenly nightmare breaks, and I wake, yearning for a face I cannot remember.
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
“yearning for a face I cannot remember” – I recall occasions like that, like it was at the tip of my tongue and then fluttered away
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Yes. It is frustrating. Like when someone swears to have met you before, and you have no recollection.
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i know right! and I am racking my brains to make some connection!
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I can’t tell you how often it happens. Strangers on the street approach me and insist we know each other. I must have a very popular doppelganger 😊
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its also the welcoming smile and friendly face that gets that comment Jo!
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Perhaps.
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i believe it to be quite true…LOL!
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An edge of memory…
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Exactly so.
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Wow! Powerful stuff.
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Glad you liked it Sadje.
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I did. 👍👌
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This is fantastic, Jo. And kudos to you for being one of the only ones to use enthral without it being modified (past tense, etc.)
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Thanks Dale. I hadn’t realized modifying the word was an option, it never even occurred to me. Glad you liked it.
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I honestly feel it shouldn’t be. It is much harder this way! 😉
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And how I love a challenge. 😊👍
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Me too!
Almost done mine… not sure about it – yet.
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Can’t wait.
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Sweet of you to say.
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A wonderful piece of writing!
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Thank you Susan.
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Dear Jo,
I love the last line. Simply stunning.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you kindly, dear Rochelle.
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