
Photo by Sue Vincent
It was a hard day. The hardest. It was never ending toil, but I had to do, if not for myself, then for them.
The one bright spot is that I didn’t struggle alone. Silently by my side was my neighbor, the little girl who used to bother me as I did my chores, little no more. She didn’t have to share this, but there she was. As, I realized, she always had been.
At the end of the day I looked down at my companion. Her face glowed in the setting sun. My heart soared, turned aflame.
“Mary,” I said, “if we survive, will you be my wife?”
The last rays of the day painted her face a bright red. What was she thinking behind those flaming eyes?
“Of course.”
I took her hand, saying nothing, for nothing needed to be said as we watched the dying embers of the day.
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Written for Sue Vincent‘s #writephoto challenge. This weeks challenge, “Aflame”, is here.
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beautiful
and felt the warmth throughout and at the end
different warmths –
perfect for aflame
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Thanks, Y :)
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Love survives and flourishes even in the bleakest of times.
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It does. Sometimes even more in the dark times.
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Beautiful, Trent… <3
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Thanks :)
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A lovely response, Trent. The romance took the edge of the disaster that seemed to be rolling out.
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Thanks, Robbie. That was the idea or part of the idea, I was looking for.
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wonderful!
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Thanks!
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Some things need no words. (K)
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Nope, and I think this was a time no words were necessary
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This was beautiful, Trent. And has a hint of a mystery too.
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Thanks. yes, purposefully kept on the vague side…
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Great stuff Trent.
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Thanks
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I think you’re a bit of a romantic.
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Guilty as charged. Well, sometimes, like here, though I do have my dark side, which often comes out in my fiction…
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Mmm. I’ll keep an eye out.
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I’m sure I’ll talk a walk on the dark side soon….
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;0) Or maybe ;0(
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Lovely Trent! This could go so many ways from here.
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Thanks, Penny.
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Love the mystery in this one, Trent.
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Thanks, Sue :)
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