Longing

She had always loved Nature far better than people.  In crowds she wore her mask with teeth fixed in a radiant smile never revealing the deep longing in her bones to follow the river track to the shallows and simply collapse. Nature always reeled her back .

This time, she had decided, she would stay, never to emerge again.

Creative picture prompt by

Magpie Tales with Tess Kincaid

and

creative word prompt by

The Sunday Whirl

Weekly Wordle

Clowns and Dolls

Sunday Whirl~Weekly Wordle

clowns and dolls 

fill the stairwell

another burst 

of  frantic work

unplugged

vacuum emits no sound

wrapped in fleece

i seal glass

inside my wound

attempting to instill

values and ethics

i corral the cherubs

with resignation

we dress for the day

to tumble through

clowns and dolls

filling the stairwell 

Action Figures by Edith Vonnegut

for

Tess Kincaid at Magpie Tales

Combined prompts