I run my hand back and forth atop the blades.
My eyes look anywhere but the slab of granite before me.
I pull my hand away. It tingles from the memory.
It’s too soon for goodbye. I leave without saying a word.
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Do you see her much?
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Good use of the prompt ..may I say nicely answered 🙂
Do you see her much?-Random Thoughts Naba
Thank you! 🙂
Nicely answered the prompt 🙂
ooooh dark. 🙂
The had across the blades is intriguing… so much more story behind these 42 words 🙂
The “hand” across the blades…. I guess I’m going to have one of THOSE days…
Haha! I have those days a lot 🙂
Slab of granit, hu? Hmmm…. 🙂
So sad. I like how you wrote about loss, but that there is more to the story that we don’t know.
Thank you Marcy!
the blades don’t have to be that of knives. I am thinking of you kneeling in the grass, your hands tossing the tall blades, refusing to look at the tombstone and your loss…how deep and profound it is in that moment. You don’t have words.
I liked it, it touched an aching piece of me , but I liked the imagery of it.
You nailed it 🙂 Thanks Kir!
it was really lovely and sad. My baby brother (34) died very suddenly in December so I felt these words with you…
having no words is a place I’ve been often over the past few months.
I’m so sorry to hear that! The person I was thinking of when I wrote this has been gone quite a while. Sometimes I still don’t know what to say.
and you said it with your words so well. (I didn’t mean to bring my own sad to the table) I felt the connection with the words and that makes great writing.
No, that’s fine. I’m always happy to talk 🙂
This is really amazing. Love love love.
Thank you Genna! I really appreciate that 🙂
Ummmm what did she do?
Haha – I know I’m usually dark but this one actually isn’t. Where do you think she is?
Absolutely no idea seriously lol
oh wow.. totally clever. I had to really sit with this for a minute before I got it. It’s great!
Thank you! I was worried people weren’t understanding. 42 words only though! 🙂 Dang rules!
I totally agree with Jenbrunett’s words…this is an amazing and clever piece!
Thank you!
My pleasure!
http://space4mridula.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/do-you-see-her-much/
I understand the going way quietly thing. This story, and it was a full one, saddened me (in a very good yet emotional way).
Thank you very much for that.
Saying a lot in just 42 words. That is a piece well written, Arden!
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Thank you!!
Um…I’m afraid kind of…lol
Haha – Everyone thinks this one is sinister! I promise it isn’t. The clues will lead you there 🙂 Or the comments. Haha
Now I get it! Lol! I guess we don’t open our minds enough to other possibilities, nor do we think outside of the obvious. Nice job!
powerful and sad.
Thank you Robbie!
This is exactly how I feel about losing people, whether it’s death or just moving on. I hate goodbyes. Very nicely done, Arden, and not creepy at all. More wistful, I think.
Haha – Thanks Christine 🙂
This was really dark and touching. “Gone but not forgotten.”
Thank you!
I can relate to wanting to look away. Those tangible trappings of death can drive home the finality of it all in a way that little else can.
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
“It’s too soon for goodbye”So poignant and says it all!A beautifully touching piece about untimely deaths and forced farewells Arden,love it”:-)
Thank you!
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Sad and sensitive imagery. Emotive and poignant. 🙂
Thank you!
like they say death is not the last good bye.
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Beautifully expressed – that not being ready to let go.
Thank you!