Saturday, July 27, 2013

Coming Home From The War


Bright red strawberry lipstick,

Arms raised, a hug, a kiss

Welcome home.

I smile, while

Flashes of orange, smoke

My friend, his life

Bright red I can never stop

Gushes into the dirt.



Not really sure why this one floated to the top of my consciousness, but I'm going to go with it. 


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We want you to follow suit and give us a thirty-three word piece that has a color in it.  Use the color to describe anything you like, or use anything you like to describe your color, but keep it creative and keep it short. - See more at: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/#sthash.L3EQERO4.dpuf


We want you to follow suit and give us a thirty-three word piece that has a color in it.  Use the color to describe anything you like, or use anything you like to describe your color, but keep it creative and keep it short. - See more at: http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/#sthash.L3EQERO4.dpuf

13 comments:

  1. A powerful take on ptsd. Great work.

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  2. Whew. That hurt my heart to read. A lot of punch to those few words.

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  3. "Gushes into the dirt." What a visual and emotional juxaposition if I'm reading it right. Like what you do, T.

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  4. A punch to the heart, to the gut, and pretty much every other part of the anatomy. Beautifully done.

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  5. Wow. This is so good. Intense and uncomfortable read.

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  6. The descriptions of the scene are powerful, as is the use of the color. Excellent work.

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  7. Oh that's a horrific ending for something that started out innocently enough. I likee! :D

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  8. You did well depicting the reality of so many with only 33 words.

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  9. So true that the tiniest thing, the most innocuous detail can be a trigger.

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