Fifties by the Fire — a fifty-word, prompt-based writing exercise. Feel free to share your response below, or read and comment to join the fun.
Prompt: Write a fifty-word story (fiction, poetry, or CNF) about serenity.
Here are the other guidelines:
Make sure your piece is exactly fifty words. Feel free to use Word Counter or the word processor you use.
Write a title with the genre in the first line. (Example: By the Bridge, Fiction)
The title does not factor into the word count.
Good luck and have fun. Happy writing!
Special thanks to John Lightle for providing “Lilium Longiflorum” for our writing prompt.
Sacred Space, fiction
He walks toward his destination as if it’s calling him. Maybe it is. Perhaps it’s muscle memory.
The man drifts through the foggy meadow like a specter until the tree stand appears. He climbs—waits.
A fawn trails her mother. They turn. Stare.
He inhales.
Click.
It’s the perfect shot.
(This one’s dedicated to all the hard-working photographers out there. Cheers, John Lightle!)
Day's end-Free verse
Is serenity more than a moment?
Is it owned, controlled, shaped?
Can we seek it, or does it
Only find us?
The setting sun tells me
The day is over,
Bathing me in twilight.
A busy man like me
Must learn to surrender.
Sometimes, serenity must be
Forced upon me.