Friday 55: Throw Me In The Water
Standin’ at the edge Lost what it takesAll the surfers watchin’Gonna laugh at my mistakes Cold promo desert Dried me right up I wanna stick a toe in But that surf looks rough Throw me in the water, baby Get me all wet Been telling stories all my lifeAnd I can’t quit yet Inspired by John Cruz’s video and G-Man’s Friday Flash 55.
Hero’s Journey
This is what I wanted: a hero Someone to help me put out the little fires that crop up around a life I got: you teaching me arsonfueling flames that licked my skinsinged my idealsconsumed and scattered them like glowing embers across a sooty sky. This is what I wanted: a warrior Someone on my sideSomeone at my back through life’s battles. I got: you teaching me to sow conflictto beat the plowshare to swordto embrace its glittering bladeas a woman sheathes her loverturning submission to power This is what I wanted: a savior someone to pull me upwhen life overwhelmedsomeone to keep me afloat when I was too tired…
Underwater Bailout
When I left off, my escape from a hunter had landed me at the bottom of a river with a horse stuck on my head. If you want to know what hunters have to do with all of this, look here. If you want to know why I’d run away from him, look here.And if you just can’t fathom how I’d get a horse stuck on my head, here’s how that happened. If you’re ready to see how this story ended, read on: My captor rescued me from the river, detached the horse from my head, and supplied “vêtements appropriés”.His mistake was turning his back on me.Mine was stealing his…