Open curtains can let in the light,
Expose the soul to the world.
Yet they can also represent the end of an act, yours?
So play well!

© 2021 Robert Faron

Thanks to Kathy Jacobs for the opening and closing prompt “Curtains”

https://medium.com/chalkboard/curtains-ae940adfa06e

And thanks to Kathy Jacobs, Harper Thorpe, and the entire Chalkboard team.

The years pass; their lives once separated become unitary
As lovers, they become as one.
But at one point their spheres spin out of orbit, and
one must live alone.

© 2021 Robert Faron

Thanks to Harper Thorpe for his unitary prompt “alone”

https://medium.com/chalkboard/alone-3fcc850104ef

And thanks to Kathy Jacobs, Harper Thorpe, and the entire Chalkboard team.

The youth see their lives ahead as a series of steps to climb up,
The aged see their lives ahead as a ski slope gliding down to a chasm

© 2021 Robert Faron

Thanks to Anna — Marie Schweitzer

for the paced prompt “steps.”

And thanks to Kathy Jacobs, Harper Thorpe, and the entire Chalkboard team.

Feeling low in life
Brings images of lying down,
But like a bug crawling to food or shelter,
We can build our spirits
By thoughts of our love.

© 2021 Robert Faron

Thanks to Folabami Amoo for the creeping prompt “crawl”

And thanks to Kathy Jacobs, Harper Thorpe, and the entire Chalkboard team.

Picture Perfect tree
Asking me to stop and stare
My spirits do soar

© 2021 Robert Faron

The me you know
The love we share
The real me now
I fear your fear

© 2021 Robert Faron

Thanks to Gloria Lewitt for the awakening prompt “phobia”

And thanks to Kathy Jacobs, Harper Thorpe, and the entire Chalkboard team.

The wind churned the water like a hurricane,
As the rowers competed,
Giving victory to the pair of wild women
Straining with the most fortitude.

© 20021 Robert Faron

Thanks to Barny Dinosaur

for the matching prompt “pair.”

https://medium.com/chalkboard/art-and-cheese-935b072fd743

And thanks to Kathy Jacobs, Harper Thorpe, and the entire Chalkboard team.