Prompt: Word Throws - Free Write #2

Late in the day

The sun seems tired. Hushed whispers in the wind. Lullabies in the trees. As if the earth below is trying to rock the sun to sleep.

 

Sure-footed

The giant seemed tip-toeing across the grasses

 

Messages crossing in space

Like shooting stars or star crossed lovers briefly meeting in the night sky.

 

Fewer demands

Were made between the if and when between the certainty and the unknown. The rest was just guesswork.

 

All the time I wonder

And wonder and wonder and wonder, how the hell did I get here?

 

The need for loss

Is a peculiar thing we can’t know happiness without knowing pain.

 

Those locations

Marked on a map, red dots in a straight line. Could it be a treasure map?

 

Hot water

Takes its time melting cool ice. Cool ice takes its time tempering hot water

 

Narrowing my eyes

I gaze on skeptically, wary of the journalist and their ability to publish the truth

 

A glass of water with ice

Makes the glass sweat.  (Funny, I thought it was supposed to do the opposite)

 

The gaps between

My thighs rub against each other. Wait! I forgot to mention the lack of gap.

 

Because I was hungry

And decided…..

 

The next day,

I exercised because it made my muscles feel good, not because I was striving for a certain…..

 

Out of obligation

I accepted my position in life

 

It will get dark

And I’ll need to get home soon

 

The risk is

I don’t have a flashlight and I’m claustrophobic

 

My escape into the night

Will be out of terror. I am so very afraid. But I can’t let…

 

Someone else

Was watching me. I felt their breath on my neck. I don’t know what they want. I just want them to leave me alone. God! Why won’t…

 

Until late

In the evening I’ll become a spy

 

Small enough

To crawl through ventilation shafts

 

Give me an answer

I asked God one day at prayer. Do I ask you or Jesus or some other deity you forgot to tell us about?

 

Late afternoon now

Still no answer. Hope I didn’t offend him. He was never one for speedy responses.

 

Makes it seem almost human.

But thats not what I’m suggesting, is it?

 

I wait

And wait and wait and wait and wait and wait

 

The question of the local:

What on earth is that stupid american doing?

 

I’m still thirsty

Maybe I’ll just drink some water.