Thursday, January 31, 2013

He did



Stars wheeled outside the cave mouth,
Marking the passing night

He wondered if they'd noticed he was gone...
He wondered if he cared...

As morning birds began to chirp, he realized he did

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This was written for the Trifecta Challenge of the week :)


1a : the natural opening through which food passes into the body of an animal and which in vertebrates is typically bounded externally by the lips and internally by the pharynx and encloses the tongue, gums, and teeth
  b : grimace
  c : an individual requiring food
2a : voice, speech
  b : mouthpiece
3: something that resembles a mouth especially in affording entrance or exit: as

Please remember:
  • Your response must be between 33 and 333 words.
  • You must use the 3rd definition of the given word in your post.
  • The word itself needs to be included in your response.
  • You may not use a variation of the word; it needs to be exactly as stated above. 
  • Only one entry per writer.
  • Trifecta is open to everyone.  Please join us.

10 comments:

  1. Thank you! Very last minute - all week I've been trying to come up with something for this prompt!

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  2. I love the imagery of the stars on a wheel. And the happy ending.

    I am intrigued by your profession. I've benefited from energy work in past, and plenty of that experience was channeled into my recent novel.

    Off to follow you. New to Trifecta.

    www.girlwithanewlife2.com

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    1. Thanks!

      Awesome - I downloaded a sample to check it out, sounds interesting :)

      Nice :) The empathic part of my coaching is like energy work, but only the first half of it - the sensing part. The client does all the rest themselves - it makes it so they can own the changes they make as theirs completely.

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  3. Missed this last week... had to find it, after reading the 'other side'. Nice.

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