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Shadow of Your Smile…

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100 Words on Saturday: Write exactly 100 words based on the prompt Shadow of Your Smile…

photo courtesy of Free Stock Photo
A slight nod.
His wide smile crinkled the corners of his eyes.
Piercing bright eyes held my nervous gaze before looking away.
My cheeks flushed hot.
Our connection was instant, even from across the crowd of travelers in Terminal C.
Did he know me or was this a love-at-first-sight fairy tale moment?
Through the mass of humanity, he walked toward me, shifting his worn leather duffle from one shoulder to the other. His cornflower blue eyes matched his Polo shirt.
His smile faded from view as his arms encircled the girl directly behind me. The smell of his cologne lingered.
talya



Keep Going…

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GBE:2 Week 113 Photo Writing Prompt… Wrong Way, Go Back
The voice living inside my head bores into my thoughts saying wrong way, go back. 
She whispers wrong path, bo-rrrr-ing, no one is interested in following your tales. 

Go
back
to
something
safer.
As I free-write in my journal, I’ve learned to silence her muttering with my pen. 
Beyond pot holes and washed out gravel at the far end of the most overgrown road live the most compelling ideas and inspiration.
The only wrong way is sitting still and doing nothing.
talya
“When you don’t know where to start, just go to a place you miss so much.” 
― Toba Beta

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