My apologies I missed last week – I seemed to have run out of ink.
This week’s Friday Fictioneers from Rochelle
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What Lasts Forever?
It was a dare; we ran naked along the beach.
Months later, the best man embarrassed us. Who told him?
You decorated and choose pictures for our home.
One day you said, “Nothing lasts forever.”
You left and disappeared.
I never liked your taste in art, and I was pleased to dispose of our differences.
But you were wrong.
When I close my eyes, I am with you under the moonlight; swimming.
I dream of us bobbing in the warm water; floating with promises for eternity.
Without your spirit, I flounder in this lonely depth of my dark despairing sea.
James McEwan 
So poignant. And romantic.
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Thank you and Happy Earth Day to you. In the current climate I feel as if I am floating in space. I notice the air is so clean.
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Beautifully written. I especially love the last line.
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Thank you.
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Better off forgetting about them and moving on.
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I agree. Thanks Iain.
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Yes, memory does last longer than the events
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So true, but when do you let go?
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My heart goes out to the MC. Very well-crafted story (I hope it’s fiction.)
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Sometimes life itself surpasses fiction. Thank you.
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nothing lasts forever indeed. we must learn to enjoy while it lasts.
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So true.
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Memories – when all is said and done, they are what last forever.
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Yes, memories are forever even the painful ones. Thank you.
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I think there’s quite some recovery curve to go through.
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Time is such a healer, so they say. Thanks.
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Ouch. A poet’s heart? Someone will toss him a life jacket.
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Let’s hope he grasps the opportunity of the jacket.
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All that bravado to hide the pain. Well done, James.
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Oh this is very emotional. Flowing like the water described. Lovely
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Dear James,
Touchingly sad and filled with tangible longing. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Somethings do last forever, or at least till our last breath. Such kind of a love is a rare find. Great take on the prompt!
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Touching and sad.
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There is a rumour, James, that even pain does not last forever.
Sadly, though, even the best memories fade in time.
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Thanks, time merely dampens the pain.
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It’s very sad when the love lasts for one and not the other.
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Some memories will haunt us. That’s why Alzheimer found that cure. Of course, it comes with some vicious side-effects. Well written. Very poetic.
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Thank you
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I needed to read this twice. Not you. Me. Needed to catch all the undercurrents. Lovely. Kudos.
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Thank you.
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She has become closer to him in memories than she was in the flesh. Sad, but beautifully written.
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Thanks Russell.
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A very sad story, but so well written and described. After “floundering in the despairing sea” for some time, I’m sure he won’t forget but will find the courage to pursue life again.
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Thanks Brenda.
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What an evocative description of love lost. Perhaps she was too shallow for him–and I hope, when he recovers, he will meet someone who will treasure him as he should be treasured 🙂
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Lovely story, James. I think it’s the best one of yours that I’ve read. Really well constructed, but with a solid, emotional driver. Or, you could say, a powerfully emotional story where the writer has deployed much skill in crafting the narrative.
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Steady Penny, thank you. I do try to write and entertain my readers. I am please you enjoyed it so much.
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