There will be a quarterly prize for the top voted response to these weekly prompts – so make sure you comment below to enter the contest. 1000 word maximum.
Using the above image, write a short story or poem. It can be about who built it, or why or something else entirely. Up to you and your Muse to decide.
Have fun and leave your response at the bottom.
The concrete holds me to the road
As I take the curve into the rain
It’s not the destination but the mode
Let go the nerves and go again.
Can our stories written deep in stone
Change despite apparent plan?
All life’s paths go same direction
Can’t change the fates – no one can.
Great poem – stone clad! Thanks for participating…great to see you here.
I’m going with the poetry/ something else entirely route. Here it is:
Stone Car in the Woods
What difference does perception make?
Parked here, alone but not beside
the road. Enfolded in leaves and green.
Can I be heard?
I shouldn’t be. Let me be clear:
I’m a car made from stones, scraps of metal, used tires.
That’s no metaphor. That’s what I am.
Literally.
And yet—there’s a consciousness in things
Inanimate. Like the other day.
A boy came out to this place in the woods.
He sat down across from me.
I can’t move, of course.
But he can and he came out to me.
And in his mind, a story formed
Of how I came to be—stuck here
By some unseen hand.
Is that not existence? A man made me.
And this boy saw me. Does it matter that
I can’t see him, feel him, hear him?
What difference does perception make?
This is great, Eric! Thank you for participating.
That image is awesome.
Will you be writing a response then?
I should, but I have so many commitments right now.
It doesn’t have to be long a few sentences!
Okay. I don’t like the way we can’t edit in the comments, but here goes:
“I don’t know about this, man.”
“Trust me, Benny. The cops will never spot it this way. We’ll just leave the loot in the car. Give it a couple of days and we can dig it out and drive into the night.”
Thanks for joining in! Appreciated. Good humor in this one. I usually write separately then copy/paste…Good luck.
I could but then I can’t enter my contest!