Welcome back to Wednesday! It certainly feels like hump day. I'm down to just 4.5 weeks until my wedding and I'm really feeling the stress. Luckily, my bachelorette party was this weekend and my awesome girls got me a massage. But back to real world. I need this prompt to lift my mood! Let's get started...
Prompt Forty-One- Fuming Waves
Write a story that incorporates, "the shore fumed at the waves." Either the idea or the actual sentence itself. Your choice. Free write, just go with it!
My response...
We walked side by side, hand in hand onto the white sand beach. The water was swishing in the distance, it's melodic waves strumming our own personal song. I looked to my left and saw my husband just barely through the blanket of darkness.
His lighter features and sandy blonde hair fit him perfectly. I remember when we first met, that was what initially attracted me to him. I always went for the dark men with dark features, but Kevin had something only he holds and I just can't quite articulate it.
Kevin stops and sits down in the sand. His perfectly tailored suit probably getting ruined from the damp ground. I contemplate whether I should sit or not, not wanting to dirty my dress, but honestly, who wears their wedding dress again.
I sit beside my husband in utter contentment. He wraps his arm around my shoulder and tugs me close to his body. The heat radiates off him in waves similar to those thrumming in the ocean. It's intoxicating, but also very simple.
When people think of waves, they think of their power and grace. The waves tonight aren't angry. They don't fume at the shore, relentlessly crashing on the sand only to pull away and do it again. They're loving waves tonight. Caressing the shore, massaging and turning it up and down and sideways. The waves kiss the shore with each fold.
And with that thought, I turn my face towards my perfect husband and kiss his perfectly shaven cheek. He grins, the lines emerging on his cheeks and I kiss each one, because I never want to forget this moment. I never want to forget the night the waves made love to the shore.
Don't like this prompt? Want to do another? Check out my other prompts...
Prompt 40- Phone Message
Prompt 39- Enemy
Prompt 38- Not the Marrying Kind
Prompt 37- Living Heart
Prompt 36- Computer Attack
Prompt 35- Ruby Angel
Prompt 34- Fired Girl
Prompt 33- Lights out
Prompt 32- Risk
Prompt 31- Snow White
Prompt 30- Mystery Novel
Prompt 29- Break up Letter
Prompt 28- Not Really Human
Prompt 27- Drill Time
Prompt 26- Old Flame
Prompt 25- Greedy Roommate
Prompt 24- Hockey Injury
Prompt 23- Ten Year Old Letter
Prompt 22- Two Minute Thinker
Prompt 21- Truth Telling
Prompt 20- Best New Years Ever
Prompt 19- Alone for Seven Days
Prompt 18- Christmas Miracle
Prompt 17- Square One
Prompt 16- Stolen Lights
Prompt 15- Strange Reporting
Prompt 14- Thanksgiving 2013
Prompt 13- 3 Minute Free Write
Prompt 12- The Mind
Prompt 11- ABC's
Prompt 10- A Mysterious Request
Prompt 9- Why Did You Do It?
Prompt 8- Dream Turned Reality
Prompt 7- Fortune Teller
Prompt 6- Hitching a Ride Home
Prompt 5- He Turned The Key And Saw
Prompt 4- Doug
Prompt 3- They Had Nothing To Say
Prompt 2- Skydiving Secrets
Prompt 1- What's A Prompt?
the shore
ReplyDeleteof suppressed memories
fumes
as the tide
of recollecting waves
crashes
down upon them
obliterating the barrier
between what is
and what was
I begin to remember ...
... I remember
a jewelery box
filled with things
I don't understand ...
... I remember
I'm locked in a basement
scared and homesick
crying for my mommy ...
... I remember
a cheap motel room
smoke in my face
throwing up ...
... I remember
being in
a strange house
sleeping on
a strange couch
waking up to
a strange man
with a shadowed face
standing over me ...
... I remember
almost thirty years
of trying
not to remember ...
with memories confronted
it's time
to let the dust
shaken from the rafters
of my mind
settle
to once again
be swept
into a corner
of my subconscious
and forgotten
That's beautiful @misslady! I really love the format and how it's read. My favorite lines, "I remember almost thirty years of trying not to remember." I just really connected to it. Thanks for participating!
DeleteThank you. The prompt was great.
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