This week's prompt was:
fool
noun \ˈfül\
I chose to focus on the second half of the definition given. Please, let me know your thoughts.
I lie here, curled in my bed, tail
tucked over my nose, watching and listening to the two-legs that live
with me.
They think that because I don't speak
their language, I don't understand. I think that because I don't
speak their language, I understand more than they do.
Fools.
I see their body language. I hear the
subtle undertones in the words they speak to one another. I hear
what they are really saying. They don't see that, or pretend they
don't. In truth, I think their shared spoken language causes them to
misunderstand each other more often than not.
Fools.
They think my love is simple. I think
they make their love more complicated than it needs to be. Love
simply is.
Fools.
I'm fairly sure both of our cats think my husband and I are fools too. A creative take on the prompt.
ReplyDeletelove simply is . . . if more of us could only figure that out. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining up, Basinah (and thanks to Karen for her gentle prompting). This is a clever response to the prompt. That is an excellent last paragraph and I love how you use fools three times to emphasise your point. The last 'fools' is a really strong finish. Hope to see you back over the weekend.
ReplyDeleteSorry it took me so long to get here ... I have now not completed three prompts. But this weekend I have planned some time to do the work. It is essential to keep prodding myself along, right?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love what you did here and, having read your blog for a while, I admire the way it means something big to you.
Now we just have to work on Thermoo ... (Did I spell that right?!)
Thormoo. >.< sorry. But still. Consider it an invitation to play, Thormoo!
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