Originally written Sept 6, 2008 A Ficlet based on a picture challenge: Picture is of a lady’s blue eye Her Eyes Flutter Open (400 Ficlets challenge) I held her hand. She was sleeping, or so it seemed. She had been sleeping a long time. I thought about the last day she was awake. It had…
Author: ElshaHawk
Elsha Hawk is a center-brained, imaginative, pragmatist who errs on the side of optimism. She is a writer, mom, teacher, wife, and go-getter. She has dabbled in ebooks, researched marketing and promotion of herself, joined social media, and written both solo and with a co-author Eddie-Joe Young.
She won the short story contest, "Write to Win", in Writer's Journal and was published in the Nov/Dec 2009 issue.
She also published a short story in Eclectic Flash in the April 2010 issue.
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Friends Again
#vss365 #shoddy #Bravewrite #syzygy #vsspoem #seal 2/17/21 Jagged seal puckered edge stitches black skin syzygy forced together shoddy sewing hasty surgeon tender, swollen Exercise get up and walk walk it off forget the past heal use time and distance shake it off Friends?
Echo
“Echo!” called the fairy “Who?” asked the owl “Shh listen,” said the fairy “Echo,” said the owl “Hear it?” asked the fairy “That was me,” said the owl “No, the whisper,” said the fairy “Hmph,” said the owl “Wishes,” said the wind The fairy blew dust The wind carried it off The wish was granted…
Death of Sprites
The sun rose on cold Autumn day surprising busy sprites Their ugly faces and mischievous glances belied their devilish delights For they did not trick nor steal, nor tamper but wrongs they put to right Targeted by evil fairies caught one by one in traps the world grew more polluted as they died wonder and…
Scrying on Friends
Through the enchanted flower I watched my friends’ lives from afar Twas safer for me to be alone, though To not have them near left a big scar Watching them fail or succeed at life brought many tears to my eyes Only the tiny fairies saw the depth of my love and heard my sighs
Fairy of Dragon’s Cave
The fairy of the dragon’s cave Had naught but fish to talk to Never minding danger near for the beast slept the years through Her task to sing the dragon back to sleep if ever it should wake Practicing on koi and carp For freedom did she ache Tiny trips to rejuvenate under full moon…
Self-Analysis to Get Out of Your Own Way and Pursue Your Dreams
Self-analysis is vital to growth and change. You must study the WHY of your thoughts and emotions. Example: Why do you eat so much chocolate? To comfort yourself. Why are you comforting yourself? You feel alone. Why are you alone? People are happier than you, don’t talk to you, don’t behave in the way you…
Awakening and taking a stand
I don’t normally post political stuff, nor reveal my location, but the city I live in is quite unique. Firstly, it has been a bellwether for the past umpteen years, correctly voting for the presidential candidate who won. We have a representative and unbalanced spread of races, economic backgrounds, and cultures that are a microcosm…
A Lesson in Brevity
Young fairy princess barely can fly sings to the birds who gather close by Delighted, she timbres trills, and warbles the birds stop eating closed beaks and bills Nestlings starve their parents entranced young princess learns price of her gift to enchant Power and responsibility like harmony to melody from happiness a sorrow now limits…
