Every Wednesday we get a new picture prompt for the Friday Fictioneers, a writing challenge to spin a tale of exactly 100 words, graciously hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This is my contribution:
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They tried to ignore what they never spoke about; whispers of a shadowy past left lying on the table like linen long faded and disused.
Forgotten were the blissful hours of romance and communication they once shared. The glittering fragments of genial laughter and blush of unspoken nuances lay abandoned. Stale silence filled the many rooms of their love and echoed along the unused hallways, choked by the gloom of bitter memory.
The machine of forgiveness waited, ready to sew the scattered, patchwork pieces of their life together again; yet it stood in the corner, neglected and rusting.
Untended mending.
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~Morgan~
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Todays photo Image © Sandra Crook. Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers Challenge only. Any other use of this image requires Sandra Crook’s permission.
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Amazing.
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🙂 Thanks Sky 🙂 (since I am unsure of your name…and I certainly don’t want to call you Ancient lol 🙂 ) the image spoke powerfully to me.
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Hahaha. Most call me Nico, or Nicodemas. Peace!
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Oh that’s really moving!
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Thank You ever so much.
Blessings~
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Dear Morgan,
This one hit a tender nerve. Great use of metaphor to express truth. Good job.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank You Rochelle 🙂 it was an intriguing prompt and I wasn’t quite sure where it was going to lead me, initially, so I simply followed.
Blessings~
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This is so clearly a poet’s work.. the metaphor, the use of the image to find another story than something more obvious.
I hope that they will find a way to mend their life.
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Thank you Bjorn 🙂 I am truly touched..and honoured by your kindness. I hope as well…
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Beautifully done and a great use of the image of the sewing machine
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Very much appreciate it Neil 🙂
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Lovely descriptions and language. Very sad feeling from it of lives wasting away. Good writing.
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Im not sure why it spoke this story to me, but when Inspiration speaks, I follow. Glad you liked it Iain. Thank You for Reading. 😉
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Very moving. Beautifully written.
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I do truly appreciate it Clare 😉 Thank You so much for reading.
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Always interesting to see where those writing prompts take us. Sometimes they have intended fortune and brings forth a great metaphor that grips the heart and quickens the mind.
Thank you for sharing.
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Im sorry I missed your comment…WP snafu or something like. Thank You ever so much for reading. Im very glad it gripped you 🙂
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Lovely, Cynthia. I liked the sewing machine as an actual machine and a metaphor.
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Thank You Diana 🙂 This one even surprised me…which is always delightful. Thank You for reading and your support. It is ever so appreciated 🙂
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So much in here. I hope one day the mending can begin. Great piece!
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Thank You Ever So Much 🙂 Yes I hope as well!
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Multiple metaphors neatly stitched together for a sad but all too common tale.
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It is indeed. Thanks ever so for reading. Happy you enjoyed it. 🙂
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This is lovely, wonderful take on the prompt.
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Im delighted you read and enjoyed it Gah 🙂
Many Blessings~
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Really beautifully written, Morgan. You use the metaphors of cloth and sewing so deftly to show the poor state of this relationship – wonderfully done
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I truly appreciate that Lynn 🙂 Thank You ever so !
Blessings~
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My pleasure 🙂
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Very nice use of metaphor. And a good title – well done.
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Thank You Sandra…and thanks for the amazing visual prompt 🙂 Im delighted you liked it. Thanks ever so for reading.
~Blessings ~
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Love it, especially how you used a sewing machine to suggest “mending” a broken relationship.
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Hello Red 😉 Hoping you’ve been well! thank you ever so much for reading, I am glad you enjoyed it.
I think WP dropped you from my reader list, so I’m off to your blog to re-follow my friend!
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Very nicely written.
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Thanks ever so much 🙂
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Thank You 🙂
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Is it ever easy or possible to be the same again after a long break?
No one wants to be the first to get the peddles going.
Great story.
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You are right on both counts, sadly.
Thank You ever so much for reading. I am glad it spoke to you.
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Great use of metaphor, very moving tale
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I am delighted you stopped in and enjoyed it. Thanks ever so!
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This is beautiful. I love your take on the prompt.
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Many Kind Thanks 🙂 I love where it led me as well 🙂
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“Untended mending” – awesome take on the prompt and superb writing
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I do truly appreciate it Dahlia and am so glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Thanks Ever So!
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