Simple Possessions
She had little in the way of possessions but had always possessed a keen and curious mind. When do beginnings end and endings begin, she had always wondered.
Her playthings were simple; natural materials, raw elements fired by imagination. She gathered and molded ashes and dust. She sculpted with ice, forged with fire.
What began as child’s play was her life’s work. She had seen many come to their end, seemingly forever. She would not. For as things might end, so might they begin.
She was close. She stood in the ashes. She kept playing with fire.
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A 99 word response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt. Thank you Sue!
Such an intriguing tale…
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Oof, I somehow had a doubled up first paragraph, since edited.
It’s an intriguing photograph. Thank you for it and for coming by.
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🙂
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An interesting take on the Phoenix. (K)
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Could be a Phoenix tale. It is pretty raw, I just wrote this after having the phrase ashes to ashes, dust to dust popped into my head after seeing the photo. Thinking it could be a tale of ultimate alchemy, ultimate hubris.
Thanks for the visit.
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This is wonderful and what a hook. It made me want a lot more!
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Well I sure appreciate the comment but I honestly don’t know what happens next. I think she’s trying to conjure herself or some such thing. I’m a bit out of my realm. That’s what I get for quick writing.
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I often have no idea what happens after my flash fiction glimpses either (or before). Perfectly fine. 🙂
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Interesting. I’m intrigued by her questions in the first paragraph.
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Hi Norah!
Yeah, a person could spin in circles thinking on those questions.
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We’d know of course. Not the answers, but the questions.
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This reminds me of a phoenix. You should continue this one.
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Thanks for the positive. I think before I could go forward with this one I’d need more backstory. Maybe. Someday. Thanks.
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Powerful and enigmatic…
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Thank you. This is so enigmatic I don’t know what it’s about, and I wrote it.
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thank you very much, I appreciate that.
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This was brilliant. It fires up the reader’s imagination. A short story that is well-thought-out and well-written.
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You are altogether too kind.
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