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A Senryu for Three Line Tales
I remember her
thirteen moons times seventeen
music sustained her
Thoughts for Six Sentence Stories
Sometimes my heart breaks for the girl I used to be.
She loved music and the world did its damndest to kill her desire to play and snuff out the light in her soul.
Music is still a big part of her life although she has not played in more than 30 years and at this point has no desire to start playing again except maybe for something with a haunting sound like the recorder, and then only for herself.
I can see now that many of her seemingly bizarre actions were a means of placing armor around herself.
I know now how much she was hurting, and the things that were done to her weren't right.
The way I speak of her as if we are two separate people is a reflection of trauma that can never be erased.
notes
If I am committing a carnal infraction by combining these two prompts into one post, please feel free to delete my link. They worked together so I did what works.
a request
For those who are considering saying something like "I hope this isn't a true story," please don't. It is autobiographical. Everyone is not blessed with halcyon days in their youth. Some people have difficult lives. We should be allowed to express ourselves without having to feel guilty that our words might upset someone's belief in a perfectly just world. Such a thing does not exist.
prompts
Prompt: write a memory poem
Prompt: Armour
Prompt: The Image
The Icky, Sticky, Nit-Picky Legalese If You Please (Or Don't Please)
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Re your request, so say all of us who live real lives.
ReplyDeleteI suspect there are many different reasons one places armour about themselves in the hope that they can feel secure in their circumstances. Learning what kind of armor is needed and when is the challenge to my way of thinking. Trauma is a heavy load to carry and overcome.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't a perfect world, and i am sorry about what was taken from you in your youth. Like you, i did not have those halcyon days in my childhood.
ReplyDeleteIt may never be erased but sometimes there are balms to ease, temporary though they may be.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining in with your Six, Cara.
I also enjoyed your Senryu for Three Line Tales.
Music is the air we breathe, no?