This month’s Visual Verse prompt is an interesting one. I thought it a great opportunity to do a bit of flash fiction for this image. It’s an intriguing image and the subject appears at peace–serene. The first thing that came to my mind is a cleansing, how something is purged or can be purged from our system, our hearts, and our minds. Below, you will find a snippet of my contribution for this month and then, a link to the piece in its entirety.
As always, thank you for reading.
Milk & Honey
The cool blend of milk and honey wrapped itself around her. This would be a cleansing, a release of the heartache that plagued her for weeks. She never thought she would have to say goodbye to a love that lasted longer than her dream of love. Three years… Three sacred years that she will never get back, gone — forever.
As she stood still, every pore of her body welcomed the cleanse and pulsed with sensation. She thought of his touch, his breath, his hands pressed onto her spine. He was all over her: in her bedroom and her walls. He had taken over everything she knew.
Many thanks to Visual Verse and to all of you for stopping by. The rest of the entry is here: Milk & Honey.
so calming and soothing till that last jab, fine work Tre, I could almost smell the milk and honey and the happiness ❤
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Thank you, Kim! You’re getting caught up! It’s always nice to see you. I hope you’ve got something brewing in you to share.
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yes ma’am and I received a pleasant surprise in my box this week, so excited and will write back this week, looking forward to hearing all of the details. Hope the new job is working out well for you 🙂 ❤
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We shall soon see. Orientation was last week. I get down to the nitty gritty this will. I’m glad you got your note! 😊
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Love the symbolism of how she is covered by his essence. Beautiful and melancholy.
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Thank you, Patty. I appreciate that.
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So very beautiful… ❤️ Off to read the rest….
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Thank you! I appreciate that!
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It was sooooo my pleasure!!! 🙂
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WOW!!!! I got chills at the end. Woman!!! This is amazing. Congrats and Cheers!!! 🤗🤗🤗
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“She thought of scrubbing him away” -> I love this line! Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Your words still enthrall me!
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Hey, you! How awesome is this?! Thank you for stopping by. 😊
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I received the letter and knew that is one letter I didn’t really want to read. Finally gathered up my courage to read it and hey presto! you left a method of keeping in touch. i guess I’ll be bugging you here? 😀
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You don’t bug me at all. It’s great to see you. 😊
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well done took me in…
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Thank you. I appreciate that.
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Beautifully written but so sad!
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Thank you. I think it’s important to look at key factors in life, things that move, build us up, shake us, cause fear and sadness. I am glad this is being well-received.
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Yeah definitely that’s super interesting and it makes your writing so much more realistic.
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome!
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Gah, your prose in this is breathtaking AND heartbreaking. It’s the complexities of humanity all wrapped in nicely worded prose. 💜🌸 ~K
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Thank you very much!
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