"This Chair"

Prompt: Write to this picture...any topic that fits it and in a dark/surreal nature. Catch: Write it in 10 minutes (prep and editing can take longer) Answer to "Hair of the Dog" OnTap#7 Prompt

 

 

Paper Mache masquerade

emotions molded for the occasion;

sightless beauty,

gray dressed dancer

starved for attention.

 

Look at me, I can't see,

tell me what you're thinking?

Yesterday's masks hang on the wall,

like cracked skull memories, telling

of unspoken truths.

 

I only wanted to be loved,

but this pale skin

has never tasted light;

my whole world

is color blind...    

 

2011 © T.G. Hopkins III

Author's Note

Written in 10 Minutes for the "Hair of the Dog" OnTap#7 Prompt...

Image: http://stefano83.deviantart.com/art/Undecided-75540595

Reviews

[emmajoy]

To write with such depth in ten minutes makes my hours of wondering defunct! This is a mesmerising piece, full of static! Seems the final fading is as far as you could go .. maybe .. wanted to be seen, aching to be seen, unseeing, dying .. sad.

Amazing what thought and skill can do

[Robin]

I like the direction you took from this prompt , and I like it - excellent !

[Denise]

wow impressive and perfectly matched to the image

[MuSe Ampoule]

Powerful writing! You really give us a good sense of the picture here...a person longing for simple human recognition. To be invisible in this world is to be dead. Great work! :D

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

Impressive! Nice play on words here...very intriquing!
Light,
Siddartha

[Samuel Dickens]

Looking at the picture, I think you did an excellent job of telling the story.

[Kerry O'Connor]

Wow! This is an unusual interpretation of the pic, Tommy...
Tortured, bruised and dysfunctional is the picture you present.

[SpokenWord]

This is awesome as Shen pointed out so eloquently :) I wish the whole world was color blind it would be a better place to be. Great writing Tommy in yes in only ten minutes.

[Jūdan FyreHeart]

This is awesome! You captured the picture absolutely fantastically, awesome job!