Ermilia’s Picture it & write (Sunday 09 December 2012)
Once again, here is my offering to ‘Picture it & write’ hosted by Ermilia (Ermisenda and Eliabeth) who invite others to join them by writing a fictional story or poem to accompany an image presented on their blog.
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She knew it wasn’t and yet if felt like water running through her fingers.
It had often felt that way. Life had a way of running through your fingers. Just when you thought you had it, it turned and caught you by surprise. Just like when he came into her life.
He’d been that suave; indeed, charming individual who had teased her with his good looks and personable voice that held a promise of tomorrow. Yes, a tomorrow!
She had known a few tomorrows, and a few personable charms. They had run through her fingers like water, holding nothing but false hopes and untidy memories.
Was he going to be the same? Was he a personable charm, or was he the real thing?
Huh, she had thought. What was ‘the real thing’ anyway? When you turned it upside down, it was likely going to run through your fingers.
Carolyn Page
yerpirate
/ December 11, 2012Oh dear -powerful, persuasive philosophy, but dark…dark…
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012Yes, I can do ‘dark’ too…
I really just let the character have her voice… Seems it was a cynical one…!
Stefan (maxima)
/ December 11, 2012Thank you for this lovely post. have nice day!
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012Thank You, Stefan… and to you; a lovely day too…!
butimbeautiful
/ December 11, 2012Just perfect!
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012LOL….. Thought you’d like it…! hahahah….
Clanmother
/ December 11, 2012I love the way you write!!!
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012Thank You, Rebecca…
Even when it’s not ‘positive’…!?!
68ghia
/ December 11, 2012This is how it usually is.
Meet a guy, he’s wonderful. For a few days. Then the veneer rubs off and you’re stuck with a toad.
Damn!! To find just one that is actually worth holding on to
Liked this Carol – quite true
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012Those darned toads will get you every time…. lol…..
)
Here’s hoping…!
(Although, I must say: I have found one – Third time lucky…!
68ghia
/ December 11, 2012I dunno Carol.
I’m doubting my ability to attract a decent specimen of the species
It’s either toads or horndogs – never a pure bred Alsatian
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012Hope springs eternal…!
68ghia
/ December 11, 2012It does. Mostly. Alas, the more I fish, the more I realise that it’s just a pipe dream.
A nice one, but a futile wish nonetheless…
Aurora HSP
/ December 11, 2012What a good read this is! Well done, Carolyn
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012Thank You so much…. xoxoxo
arnoldthearmadillo
/ December 11, 2012Toads have feelings too you know
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012I know, Glen…. Watch this…!
arnoldthearmadillo
/ December 11, 2012Poor Ralphie
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012Ug…!
arnoldthearmadillo
/ December 11, 2012Just at the start of such a beautiful relationship
kz
/ December 11, 2012hi carolyn! harsh reality… lovely writing. ^^ btw, i’ve presented you with the super sweet blogging award! ^^ http://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/the-super-sweet-blogging-award/ congrats! ^^
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012Yes, kz; can be….! Ug..!
Congratulations to you and Thank You; you ‘super sweet blogger’ you…!
I’m delighted…!
kz
/ December 11, 2012you’re welcome… good men are a rarity; i’m just lucky to have found one! ^^ xo
carolynpageabc
/ December 11, 2012I’m pleased for you….!
The Writers Village
/ December 11, 2012“…nothing but false hopes and untidy memories.”
like the “toad and the 4 cylinder”
indeed.
Nice line along with:
“When you turned it upside down, it was likely going to run through your fingers.”
But Ms. Page – i think that it is true with all things turned up-side-down.
A little less pessimism and a lot less expectation…
but stay off the roads with toads.
Randy
carolynpageabc
/ December 12, 2012“…nothing but false hopes and untidy memories.”
Good ‘tie-in’, Randy… hahahah… Poor Ralphie…!
(Wished I’d seen that first…)
“A little less pessimism and a lot less expectation…”
Now that’s great advice for the love-lorn… !
(Once again; wished I’d thought of that one first; especially lowering the expectation aspect …)
Summer
/ December 11, 2012Hallo
I’ve a christmas card for you! : ) You can pick it up here http://summer4soul.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/1022/
Have a nice day
Sweet greetings, Summer
carolynpageabc
/ December 12, 2012Thank You, Summer… I very much enjoyed your surprise…!
Sweet Christmas greetings to you too….!
Silent Kim (@SilentlyKim)
/ December 12, 2012I bow to you. I considered writing for this prompt and nothing. You told a most excellent story. Hope and possibility. Bravo Carolyn.
carolynpageabc
/ December 12, 2012Thank You, Kim…
“I considered writing for this prompt and nothing.”
Last week’s prompt was like that for me, Kim – zilch, nada…!
I guess we can’t expect ‘inspiration’ every time….
LuAnn
/ December 12, 2012What an excellent story Carolyn…so well done.
carolynpageabc
/ December 12, 2012Thank You, LuAnn….
Looks like you’ve got ‘the real thing’….
LuAnn
/ December 12, 2012I believe I do but it took kissing a few toads (lol)!
carolynpageabc
/ December 12, 2012Hahah…. you toooooooo….!
deanabo
/ December 12, 2012“Was he a personable charm, or was he the real thing?” This is always the question to be answered! Well done, once again!
carolynpageabc
/ December 12, 2012The age old question whether we are a girl or a boy, me thinks….!
Love is not a ‘controllable’ emotion. You either get it, or you don’t…!
It’s just a shame when one does, and the other doesn’t…. Yuk..!
Resa McConaghy
/ December 12, 2012Oh Carolyn, you really have a way of hitting a nail on the head for me. He/it better not slip through my fingers! Thank you, and as always, I love this “picture it and write you’ve done!
carolynpageabc
/ December 12, 2012Life’s like that; hitting the right ‘nails’ does wonders for the future…!
Thank You, dear Resa….. xoxoxo
Resa McConaghy
/ December 12, 2012xoxoxo!
Nanda
/ December 12, 2012what is the real thing, anyway? i ask myself that more than i should… nice one!
carolynpageabc
/ December 12, 2012Thank You, Nanda….
I believe ‘the real thing’ is subjective… For me a major part of ‘the real thing’ is knowing my mate ‘has my back’… he’ll be there, support me in whatever I wish to do…
In return I ‘have his back’ and support his dreams and actions…
We have co-operation and unity within our separate individualism.
Nanda
/ December 12, 2012I think that’s the goal indeed! I hope some day I can find it too!
carolynpageabc
/ December 12, 2012This is my ‘third’ major relationship…
I have made many a detour on the way however, it is nice to have arrived.
What’s that saying? Anything worth having is worth working for…!
Nanda
/ December 12, 2012Your last phrase summarizes it.
Ermilia
/ December 13, 2012Finally! A dark story; love it! Very unexpected but I absolutely love where you took the prompt. Funny thing is, there’s another picture that, if I had to guess which picture this belonged to, I would have guessed.
carolynpageabc
/ December 13, 2012Yes, I succumbed however, I wanted to do it ‘my way’… not with an image evoking mischief and dread…! Ha ha…
Thank You for your lovely words…. Now, no promises for future prompts (although writing in ‘the dark vein’ did hold a certain adrenaline factor)…
Jamie Dedes
/ December 13, 2012Wow! I must be going crazy. I think I already read this, but apparently I didn’t comment. Anyway it’s a fine spin and a too often true. Nice work …
Thanks for your dear comments on my site, Carolyn.
carolynpageabc
/ December 13, 2012Thank You, Jamie…!
I often do the opposite of this too; I’ll make a comment and forget to ‘like’…!
Nice to know we don’t have to be perfect…!
Ruby Manchanda
/ December 13, 2012I liked your take on the prompt.
carolynpageabc
/ December 14, 2012Thank You, Ruby…
I ventured over to your blog however, I couldn’t leave a message; my ‘wordpress signature’ wasn’t accepted…!
Here is the comment I wanted to leave…
I enjoyed that (although it was a little sad) it speaks of reality and a certainty for most.
Age, if not accepted graciously can be a torment and cause enormous grief. Naturally, no one wishes to lose their youthful appearance, and yet wisdom and wrinkles seem to have a certain kinship…
Sharmishtha Basu
/ December 14, 2012amazing piece carolyn. fortunately relationships are not like that!
carolynpageabc
/ December 14, 2012(wink, wink)….. No, Sharmishtha… That is very fortunate…
susanbright
/ December 15, 2012Always so creative!
carolynpageabc
/ December 15, 2012Oh, Thank You, Susan; that’s lovely of you to say….
The Hook
/ December 19, 2012Wonderful offering, Carolyn.
carolynpageabc
/ December 19, 2012Thank You, my dear Hook…
khaula naxir
/ December 22, 2012It’s beatuful.
carolynpageabc
/ December 22, 2012Thank You so much…..
Anne Schilde
/ December 23, 2012Water! Awesome! What a great surprise! So funny at the end… you read mine already so you know I did sand and the hourglass metaphor… I giggled when I read “turned it upside down” at the end. Wouldn’t it be just great if when we got to the end we could just flip it and start over? Delightful. Thanks, Carolyn.
carolynpageabc
/ December 23, 2012A happy coincidence, Anne….! “turned it upside down.”
Yes, let’s start again please; that one didn’t turn out so good…!
Ha har… indeed; it would make making mistakes so much more palatable…!
A wonderful idea I think would ‘catch on’…
nightlake
/ January 7, 2013so nicely done:)
carolynpageabc
/ January 7, 2013Thank You, Padmini…. I’m so glad you think so…!