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Prompt for: June 15, 2014 Subject or Theme: Linger Word(s) to Include: Fade, sprout Forbidden Word(s): ache, linger, love, yearn Additional Parameters: Minimum 16 lines. Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title. Still ... Abide. Determined not to let go, he stayed: faded shell of what he once was. A husk, shrunken, but not empty: it still held the heart of him. His eyes burned red, deep in bruised sockets, but they still saw clear into the heart of me. Emotions that sprouted the day I was conceived, never grew too old or sick to feel although words failed him. Hands, once so strong and sure wasted to talons that vibrated as he held on, yet his touch was gentle in his determination to remain. But even though he could not stay beyond his allotted time, and silently, he slipped away, a part of him, the important part, the essence, the very feel of him, the sound of his words, continues to reverberate. Inside my heart, does he still, abide. ~~~~~***~~~~~ Happy Father's Day, Daddy. ... still. Fyn ** Image ID #1910877 Unavailable ** |