This is week nine of 100 Word Wednesday, and here is the photo and my response. π If you’d like to participate, just click the link! π

Image Credit: Toa Heftiba
Itβs an unpleasantly frigid 10 degrees below zero.
Wandered the wood to make sense of her thoughts,
Totally lost and unsure which way to go,
Sheβs almost as frozen as her hardened heart.
Blood ran as cold as the melty snow making her feet wet,
Sheβd held onto hurt, promising reconciliation tomorrow.
Now it may be too late to forgive and forget,
As hypothermia begins to settle into her marrow.
She shivers uncontrollably on this stroll;
Peeks through the foliage to see lights in the distance.
She doesnβt want to die alone, but the cold takes its toll;
She shouts as the winter wonderland takes her consciousness…
And this was the 107 word mark! What a cliffhanger though. Does someone hear her cries and rescue her at the last possible moment, or does this story take a tragic turn? I guess you decide… π
I think some lumberjack is going to come along and rescue her. Lol Nice poem.
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Aww! π And then they fall in love and live happily ever after in the log cabin that he built for her with the trees he cut down himself! π
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I like the log cabin the lumberjack built for his love. Ha π
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I’m going to seem like a horrible person, but I feel like it should end with her dying. It would make the piece so much more stronger and emotional. There would also be the irony of her being so close to help, but not being able to reach it. I feel so cruel saying that though. π
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LOL! You’re not horrible – or we are horrible together! π That is what I had in my head – a tragedy. I agree, it’s more emotional that way. π Yes, exactly, the irony! π
Haha, I totally get it! I love to write novels (though I haven’t finished many yet), and when a story calls for a person to die, I feel awful. XD
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I guess that’s the great thing about “you pick the ending” stories. The story always ends the way that you feel is best. Have you ever read “The Lady or the Tiger”? That’s such a classic example.
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Yeah. π
Is this it? http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LadyTige.shtml If so, I just now read it and I really liked it. π
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Yep, that’s what I was thinking of. I read it in highschool and really like how it was written!
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I really like it too! I can’t stop wondering whether the lady or the tiger came out of the door now. π
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Haha! I remember reading that when the story was published the auther was flooded with letters all asking what came out. But he wanted the reader to decide for themselves. I guess in one way that’s what made the story so great.
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Wow! Haha, I can imagine! π I agree; I think it does. It sure had me wondering for a while after reading it. π
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Is this contest something like the readers deciding the end of the story/poem? ‘Cause I liked what you wrote as is…
Steve
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Oh, no, it’s not a contest. π The challenge was to write about 100 words, and that is where the story happened to end. π I was trying to say that the readers can imagine what happens next, if they wish.
Thanks! π
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Oh, I get it now. That’s actually good training for writers to learn how to work within certain types of instruction…
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Yeah, that’s true. π It’s hard sometimes though – I’m not great with length limits, unless it is in poetry form. XD I’m working on a short story now and trying my best to make sure it ends up short and not another novella. π
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Well it has to be well developed too and that doesn’t happen with a lot of words. I have problems with some stories too.
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Yeah, I agree. π But that’s part of the fun, to try to get the story to fit while keeping the wording and everything intact. π
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Yep, I admit that is where the work comes in. It sometimes takes a few stabs at it to finally make it work…
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But it’s always worth the work! π
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Yes it is! π
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Or you can continue to our delight!
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Aww! π Thanks for the encouragement. π β₯
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Great post! Haunting! I wanted to thank you for sharing about the meet and greet. I have had a wonderful time and met some fellow mental health warriors. Some great poets and writers like yourself as well. Again, I sincerely thank you. It was just what I needed, around this (brrrr, cold!) time of year!
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You’re welcome! π I’m so glad that you met some new friends! π I’m still discovering people – they are posting faster than I can load blogs. π It’s wonderful. And it goes until the end of the weekend too so the party isn’t over yet! π
I know what you mean – it was actually warm here until yesterday though, and then it got cold here again! Nothing like a cup of hot tea and a blogging party! π
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I love the cliffhanger you left us with — I imagine her drifting off slowly where her reality melts into dreaming — maybe she thinks she’s died and then is rescued by the aforementioned lumber jack…perhaps she slips off into sweet slumber. Thank you for dropping in and writing with us again this week — I always love your stories β€
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Yeah! π It’s fun to imagine the possibilities! π
It was fun – that was a great prompt photo you found!
Aww, thanks. π π
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I agree and am so happy you enjoyed it!!
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I think the part that hit me in the tragedy was the word stroll, which I usually think of as happy or enjoyable, and impending death. I think that made it all the more shocking. Good read.
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