It’s Thursday and once again Lillie McFerrin has given her readers a new prompt word from which we’re to write a Five Sentence Fiction. The prompt word she have us today is: MOMENTS, and this is my response endeavor for this word.
MOurning the loss of my sweet darling wife these past seven days has totally exhausted me.
MEntioning her wonderful traits when I speak to others I no longer have the ability to cry because the reservoir of my tears has dried up.
Never again shall I be able to caress her ivory body or kiss her soft tender red lips.
The wonderful MOMENTS that we shared will always be an essential part of my being.
So how can I search for someone else as others have suggested, when there’s no one else who would even come close to the way she and I have always been; a couple whose union could only have been made in Heaven?
Notice the acrostic format I used here with the letters of the prompt word beginning each sentence.
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Jan 02, 2014 @ 15:39:23
I just commented over on your blogspot blog, but hard to say if it went through. I swear blogspot and Google hates me sometimes.
Love how you used pieces of the word “moments” to write your blog. Beautifully done 🙂
Jan 02, 2014 @ 15:52:06
Hi Tena
It did go through. However, comments here are all moderated.
THANKS for your compliment. I love using the acrostic format as it adds a level of difficulty to the challenge of writing only five sentences as the response to prompt word.
Jan 03, 2014 @ 01:41:55
I really liked this. I think the last line is my favorite. It’s kind of sad but it’s so good too. 🙂
Jan 03, 2014 @ 02:07:09
THANKS for the lovely compliment. I believe the last line would be the favorite of any woman. An interesting about what I’ve written is I could have easily reversed the roles so it had been the husband who had died and the wife might have been the one saying this.
Jan 03, 2014 @ 02:56:33
but I don’t think I would have loved that last line as much if the wife had said it. I think it’s because we (as women) don’t see men being that loving, at least out in the open. They hide their emotions well. I don’t think it would have been the same.
Jan 03, 2014 @ 03:27:05
@ Meghan – That’s why I said MIGHT have been the one saying this.
Jan 03, 2014 @ 07:53:45
You’ve duplicated your 5SF you know…
Jan 03, 2014 @ 08:20:26
Hi Mike
I know. One link for BlogSpot and the second is for WordPress, I’ve done it since I started following Lillie’s site. I’ve found people have a preference as to which blog site they’ll follow and respond to. The fact is I also post my response [haven’t done it yet for this one yet] on the blog portion of my web site. However, I’ve never posted the link there .
Jan 04, 2014 @ 13:04:49
Its a new form for me. Beautifully woven in a emotional story.
Jan 04, 2014 @ 15:03:54
THANKS for leaving your lovely compliment. I’ve been using this format quite often in response to Lillie’s prompt word each week. I invite you to read some more. Just click on the Five Sentence Fiction category at the top of this page on the right.
Jan 14, 2014 @ 18:15:00
Nice job and very tender, Robin! I used to use this technique while teaching children to write poetry. It never ceased to amaze me what little ones could come up with.
Jan 14, 2014 @ 18:19:24
THANKS for your kind compliment. That’s part of the challenge in writing these 5 sentence Flash Fictions, to try to elicit an emotional response from those who might read it. Glad you found it to be tender because it’s one of the emotions I wanted to elicit.