High and dry

Write On Wednesdays Exercise 22 - Select a piece of music that reflects the mood of writing you'd like to aim for. Press play. Start free writing. Write the first words that come into your head. When the music's over, so is the writing.


Whoa, 4 minutes isn't very long! I love pretty well everything Radiohead, but this one is just beautiful.
PS  Friday - I posted on Wednesday, but felt the piece incomplete, so have added to it today!


High and Dry

Away from it all, away from the city, an unplanned flight from the mundane. I cling to his back as we speed up the motorway, cares floating behind as lightly as the wind takes them. My heart strains against the curve of his back as the road winds ahead.

A chance meeting, a night to remember and then this leap. He asked me to fly with him, fly away and I have. Brief thoughts of responsibility, of the risk I’m taking are merely snatched from me as what I know slides behind.

A flashback to the surprise on mother’s face, a hint of sadness or was it fear?

Am I mad going with my impulse and trusting him? Echoes of news reports shudder through my brain, images of missing persons, of tearful families, of taped bushland scenes.

A sucker for a bad boy, Jack was right up my alley - bearded , brash and free of spirit. I brush away a loose hair from my lips and recall his mouth on mine, sure and intent.

No, this felt right. I’d thrown my question to the skies just 3 weeks ago, and he was my answer. Yes, this was right. I take a breath and snuggle in tightly.

why write?

Why write? We write for many different reasons, to communicate, to express thoughts and feelings, to draw pictures with words, to stimulate and extend. Writing can also be an academic exercise, a challenge in thinking, in crafting the perfect expression. For some it can be free flowing, for others precise tight and disciplined.
I write for myself, for a sense of achievement, and to share (perhaps!).

Why do you write?

weekend away

Sitting with family and friends, watching tennis, a lazy day of laughs and sharing. Leaving the big smoke for the space and green and starry skies - a headclearing space refreshes for return.