Today's post is my entry into this week's 100 Word Challenge, hosted by Velvet Verbosity. The 100 Word Challenge is an exercise in which we write exactly 100 words in response to the weekly prompt word. Click the link to read the other entries–good stuff over there!
This week's prompt was "pleasure".
This week's prompt was "pleasure".
She closed her eyes, trying to remember the simple pleasures of life: the rich, full smell of freshly brewed coffee, the rough feel of a kitten's tongue on the back of her hand, the vivid colors of her mother's flower garden bordering the road, the warm velvety feel of a horse's muzzle, the sound of her boots crunching on gravel, the wind rustling leaves in the trees.
She was transported to a place where life was easier. Back then, everything was galvanized with simplified black and white opinions, no gray areas to complicate things. Could things still be that simple?
The simplest pleasures are often the fabric of happiness. Very evocative, nicely done. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, ma'am! So true, the simple pleasures. I try every day to remember they can be "enough"
ReplyDeleteNicely done, Ms. Marsha! Thanks for helping evoke fond memories. :)
ReplyDeleteI wish I could do as much with the things "left unsaid" as you do. That's talent. The last 3 lines are perfect. Good job, Tinfoil
ReplyDeleteLovely. Great job.
ReplyDeleteI agree; this was lovely, and descriptive to the point where I could really see it in my mind's eye. Very good challenge.
ReplyDeleteThank you, all.
ReplyDeleteOh, if everything could be so simply as those things! The problem is... sometimes things are that simple and we make them more complicated. Ah, life!
ReplyDeleteGood job!
i love your sensory details here!
ReplyDeleteCame here to read, and found this gem, "everything was galvanized with simplified black and white opinions"
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