Day 11 prompt for the #30Words30Days microfiction challenge. Prompt: Sharing
She told him she needed time.
She’d been pushing him away for months.
She isn’t ready to share her pain.
She needs to embody it, dwell within it.
Accept it.
#30Words30Days- 10. Together April 10, 2023
#30Words30Days challenge. Prompt for day 10: Together
He held her through it. He was the epitome of supportive partner. She knew it.
In her grief, his support was too much.
Together was much too hard to bear.
#30Words30Days- 9. Oppression April 9, 2023
A challenge to write 30 microfiction stories in the 30 days of April.
“You’re young.”
“You can try again.”
“There was something wrong.”
“It’s probably for the best.”
Their kindly meant words are spikes.
They smash through her grieving heart, splintering and crushing.
#30Words30Days- 7. Identity April 7, 2023
#microfiction challenge to write 30 thirty word stories during April in response to a daily prompt
She isn’t sure who she is anymore.
She is a daughter. She is a wife.
Once, she was going to be a mother.
Now she just feels hollow and lost.
#30Words30Days-6 Solitary April 6, 2023
A writing challenge on Twitter to write a 30 word story each day in April, following prompts.
Day 6: Solitary
This time, she thinks, she will master it.
She will settle her frantic breaths.
She will climb from the abyss.
She is her own greatest fear.
She must battle herself.
30Words30Days-5. Outcast April 5, 2023
30 Words30Days prompt #5 Outcast.
He definitely feels he’s been cast out to give her time to discover contentment in solitude.
How paradoxical: he gets a far-flung journey; she learns to bide peacefully with herself.
#30Words30Days- 4. Gather April 4, 2023
#30Words30Days. Day 4 prompt: Gather
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Come morning, I gather what remains of our life and return to the car.
When I’m alone, I’m never lonely.
She gathered her loneliness around herself.
What’s she feeling now?
30Words30Days-3 Chief April 3, 2023
#30Words30Days Day 3 prompt: chief
Her chief complaint was loneliness even when he was sitting beside her.
How could he answer to absence he experienced as presence?
She had to find contentment in companionship herself.
30Words30Days#2- Communicate April 2, 2023
#30Words30Days prompt from https://twitter.com/pleomorphic2
Each day in April Sumitra (pleomorphic2) will post a prompt on Twitter. Participants are to respond with a 30 word story. Follow along and see how it goes!
2. Communicate
The publican doesn’t understand my words, but I mime sleep; he pulls out the ledger. I mime drinking; he pulls a pint.
I’ll be okay here, if my luck holds.
30words#1 Prompt: Village April 1, 2023
#30Words30Days prompt from https://twitter.com/pleomorphic2
Each day in April Sumitra (pleomorphic2) will post a prompt on Twitter. Participants are to respond with a 30 word story. Follow along and see how it goes!
1. VILLAGE
The road ends at a seaside village.
There’s a light on at the pub. It has rooms to let, so I book one.
I’ve nowhere else to be. Do I?
Shawn L. Bird 