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There was no malice in Charlie or in his plan. He only wanted to find someone, needed someone, desperately .

Charlie’s folks had no idea he was in misery.  They saw him through the lens of busy parents, and he tried to mask most of his teenage angst.

Charlie was a gangly inchoate in the realm of love, even puppy love.  He thought girls in general were traveling above the world in a different orbit, but lately he found himself attracted to a certain young woman. At first meeting he was instantly attracted. Her image overtook his dreams, even his daily routine. It seemed imperative he be with her.

He was not the boy who suavely walks into a room and slides into his desk. He observed others able to do it, but he just seemed incapable. Barring falling on his knees in front of his imagined beloved, he decided to take extra care with his appearance and go for it.

This day at lunch he approached his dream girl, daring to sit at her table. She ignored him. Charlie finally decided to say hi to her. She took one look, rolled her eyes, turned to her friends and laughed. Charlie left the cafeteria feeling like a helminth on a diseased plant!

He later realized he learned an important lesson . Possessing beauty doesn’t hide a hard-hearted person.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/wordle-189/

Bees gather pollen

Worshiping a waiting bloom

From flower goddess

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #194 Worship&Goddess

Of course she never wanted to be qualified, categorized, labeled, classified, or characterized in any manner whatsoever. Everyone does it, everyone feels like they belong in some group or want to.

It started early on, when a small child, that Marie felt the urge to do what the other children were doing. Acceptance at all cost, the opposite of her present individualism. She joined in, faked happiness, the smiles and laughter as she became one of the popular girls. As she looks back on her youth, a wave of disappointment flows over her. Those emotions were strong, but they don’t control her any longer.

“Why couldn’t I fight? Did I find it easier to go along with them?” Of course she did. Most people do, and grow up wanting to please, be what’s considered the “norm”.

Now older, an accomplished businesswoman, Marie takes pride in herself and the red personality traits shown above stand out in her life more than the others. She is strong, exceptionally passionate, and not afraid to take action to prove her point.

Marie is the picture of the modern woman on the outside. She is an employer’s dream and her efficient manner carries over to her home life. However, she also has red personality traits, and the passionate, emotional side manifests itself in her personal life. She is successful and strong on the outside, while inside, a soft, warm heart emerges when with the love of her life.

Marie is a dark red rose with a silver stem.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/03/25/sunday-writing-prompt-the-tides/

“Is that what they call perspective?”

“I don’t know, sort of looks like it from up here!” Joe Crow had to squawk. He was always joking around with Jack Crow when sitting on the electrical line.

Peering down into the human world, the innovations always amazed them. Now that littering was not enforced as much because of increasing population, they could observe a tasty morsel when the traffic lights changed. The crowd always had a careless eater on the run from lunch and many a good snack would be left behind.

The exacting eyes of the crows spied a bit of leftover food on a park bench easily, but picking up such a vision through a throng of crowded humans was real talent. Joe and Jack would usually share their treasures, but today, the pickings were slim.

In the meantime, they amused themselves observing human behavior. The new “walk” sign perched completely out of human eyesight struck them as particularly funny.

https://flashfictionforaspiringwriters.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/fffaw-challenge-week-of-march-27-2018/

A few years ago these three year old cuties started playing soccer. Not exactly pink poodles but perfectly pink nonetheless.

March Writing Prompts

Temporary show

Look quickly before it’s gone

A wink of nature

Before the fleeting wings leave

Watch as a smile it creates

Colleen’s 2018 #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 77: CHARM & TIME, #SnyonymsOnly

Bits of glass is what you see

Holding fruits from a tree

Or berries that are mushed

From a grape vine or a bush

Glass enclosures, a colorful sight

Preserved for you as a future delight

Fruits fresh and tasty held

Doubled flavors make a meld

Beauty all contained in glass

Sliced, or whole, even mashed

Yummy treats that make a meal

In jelly jars with tops of steel.

March Writing Prompts

Follow your dreams they said. Go west young man they said. Step out from the crowd. Don’t be afraid, you’re young and strong!

All good advice I thought. I was excited and anxious to begin my journey, fulfill my expectations. I left school, my boring job, the comfort of living at home with my parents.

I sold my car to buy a bus ticket to California. I packed my duffle bag with the bare necessities. I kept my headphones and cell phone, sold the rest. I boarded the bus with hopeful thoughts, and fell asleep listening to “California Dreamin”.

March 22: Flash Fiction Challenge

Never thought as inefficient

A witch known as Maleficent

Was the wicked officiant

Of evil spells, often proficient

Ruining fates of innocents

Even doers beneficent

Were not sufficient

Battling her omniscience.

🌪🌪🌪🌪🌪

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/inefficient/

Fishing is a joy

Trying to keep your feet dry

Patience is the key

Balancing a heavy rod

While freeing the line to fly

Weekly Writing Prompt #134