Wednesday, April 23, 2025

1365 - The Companion


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Elephant's Child presents 5-10 words for us to use in a creative writing piece.  

This week's words are:

Brand, Veered, Afternoon, Impromptu, Holiday, Unaware, Companion, History, Paintings, Solace.



The Companion.


The train was gone.

Nowhere to be seen.

The platform empty.

The ticket office shut.


An impromptu stay,

A holiday of sorts.

An afternoon to fill.

The gallery was open.


Paintings lend solace—

An escape, immersion,

Into another world,

A history on canvas.


He is not alone.

She is not unaware

Of his presence

But looks ahead.


The next train is due.

He looks at her.

She looks ahead.

Decision time.



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11 comments:

  1. I knew that you were looking at me.

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  2. What will he decide? What will she decide? Who knew a poem could be a cliffhanger?

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  3. And...? You can't leave us there! What happened?

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  4. I liked this very much and liked the painting as well!

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  5. Be a devil....take a chance ! That girl looking at the picture has eyes in the back of her head...:)

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