Silhouette

Ever encounter one of those writing prompts from BuzzFeed? I've only ever seen it once. It had several blank squares that you can choose and each one had a prompt behind it. The one I chose gave me this: Write an argument between two characters without dialogue. 

I tried. And this is what I got. Not much of an argument, really but I'm happy with it.

I Saw Her

I  wanted to write something like this last year after a long night of partying in the city. I don't do that very often. I tried writing this many times but to no avail. I always got caught up trying to accurately recount the night. It wasn't working. So I shelved that piece for a while. Or a year. Then I just had to give it a go again. It came a little easier this time around.

Flowers in Her Hair

I wrote Flowers in Her Hair about a year and a half ago when I saw this particularly beautiful woman walk into the room with, you guessed it, flowers in her hair. She entered the room wearing this flowing white sundress and I was enamored by this free spirit that she represented. And almost instantaneously, this little piece came to fruition. It took me over a year to 'fess up to my friend that this had been about her. I was scared she'd be insulted, or perhaps she'd think I was some creep. But I had to tell her. So I did, and I was pleasantly surprised that neither scenario came true. Instead she was flattered and it had made her happy. In turn, that made me happy.