Sitting on the Curb
The possibilities stretch out before me in infinite patterns
I count and rearrange them, twiddling
Until they vanish, one by one
Some wink out instantly
Some slowly fade
As I sit on the curb
And wonder which to put in my pocket.
Photo Courtesy of Maria Carrasco Rodriguez
44 Comments
Lance
The last line kills.
Imagine if possibilities were always tangible. We’d be unstoppable.
well done
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Natalie DeYoung
Thank you, Lance. I am haunted by lost possibilities.
Stacie
Lance is right, it’s the last line that nails this!
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Natalie DeYoung
🙂
Linda Roy
I like this a lot Nat. That last line is stellar. I like the idea of putting your opportunities in your pocket.
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Natalie DeYoung
Me too. I wish it were that easy…
Jen Brunett
It makes me feel like you are a magician.. in charge of your own destiny. Which I suppose we all are, but you make it seem more magical.
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Natalie DeYoung
It’s how I wish it were. I’d like to think of myself as having magical powers, lol.
Chris Plumb
Put ’em all in your pocket. There’s no store security. It’s not shoplifting. Take ’em all!
Love it.
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Natalie DeYoung
Thank you for the encouragement. 🙂 Maybe I will. I get tired of sitting on the curb and watching them disappear.
Larks
Oooh, this is nice! I like the concept of a pocketed possibility.
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Natalie DeYoung
Me too. If only it were that easy.
JannaTWrites
I’m with the others – that last line was great!
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Natalie DeYoung
Thank you!
lisa thomson
I found it unsettling when you had so many possibilities and then they ‘vanished one by one’. I wanted to scream ‘NO!’
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Natalie DeYoung
That’s how I feel after they’re gone.
Ellen
Haunted by lost possibilities. Yeah.
Are you doing NaPoWriMo?
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Natalie DeYoung
No, I didn’t even know about it. Maybe I’ll just do it on my own, in a journal, lol.
Kay
I really like how you wrote about different possibilities being lost in different ways and time frames. Sometimes one word is enough to kill a potential, and sometimes it’s a slow, almost imperceptible process.
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Natalie DeYoung
Very true.
Ken
It’s amazing how much we have in common. You like to sit on curbs and I!, on fences
Natalie DeYoung
Peas in a pod, you and I. 😉
Marcy
This made me feel hopeful, rather than think of the lost possibilities, that you were in control of which ones to grab.
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Natalie DeYoung
If only I snatched them while I had the chance…
I’m glad. It is rather hopeful.
Sue
I love the image of sitting on the curb
Natalie DeYoung
🙂 Thank you.
Tam
Wow, a huge metaphor for life right there. Ah, quick, get up off the curb and go do something! Very nicely done.
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Natalie DeYoung
I know! I have to remind myself.
Christine
Wow, Natalie, this is fantastic! There really is something about that last line that really brings it home, maybe the idea of reifying the abstract, somehow. Wonderful.
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Natalie DeYoung
Thank you! I like how you put that, lol. Plus, just the word “reify.” 😉
Renada Styles
I love how you described the possibilities.
Natalie DeYoung
Thank you.
Rose Red
This one really left me with something to think about…loved it 🙂
Natalie DeYoung
🙂
Ben J
Love love love the last line!
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Natalie DeYoung
Thank you!
Samantha Brinn Merel
This is such a great take on the prompt. I love the idea that maybe some possibilities aren’t meant to be, but some just keep on shining brighter.
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Natalie DeYoung
Thank you, Samantha. They do, sort of haunting us.
De Jackson
Beautiful image, light stored in pockets.
Jack
In the pocket makes me see a million different images.
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Stephanie @ Mommy, for Real.
Beautiful. So lovely to hear your voice again. 🙂
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