At The Bottom Of a Well
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All Out Emotion, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Art Inspired by Dreams, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Flash Fiction, Freedom to Shine, Live, Love, Dream: , Up & Coming Writers and WMGHe finds himself at the bottom of a well. Not that he’s fallen in – his was a slow descent. The walls are tight and the air is close. He knows he built these walls, dug himself into this pit, but that knowledge is no help. He wishes for ignorance, to be blind again. But she tilted his head, showed him the breeze and the sun he’d forgotten for so long. Showed him that what he’d thought was contentment was merely existence in the damp belly of the earth. Then she’d left. The sky above became a pinprick, a memory – one that torments him with the sight of what might have been.
There is only one direction remaining – he begins to climb. One hand after the other, he will continue to climb, until she is the pinprick at the bottom of a bucket of stars.
lianne
It’s such a difficult climb too – the walls are slick with damp and mold. Perhaps we can send down a rope for each other! “He knows he built these walls, dug himself into this pit, but that knowledge is no help.” No, the knowledge is no help – for even knowing that we were willing participants in our own entombment doesn’t alleviate the pain – in fact, sometimes it makes it worse. And we each climb at our own pace!
Brad MacDuff replied
I’d love to send you a rope! It won’t do a lot of good if we’re both in the same well, but at least we can play cat’s cradle. How about I give you a boost and you tell me what’s up there?
lianne
Lol – I’ve occasionally managed a glimpse over the edge before slipping back in but the view is pretty spectacular if I recall. Let’s hope our wells are side by side so if I throw a rope – or vice versa – we still have the leverage to enable the other to get to the top!
Brad MacDuff replied
Done, I’ll haul you up first, then together we’ll drag Butch up.
butchart
my god… talk about the modern day 3 musketeers… we are quite the crew aren’t we…............b
Brad MacDuff replied
Pretty close, but my French is almost as bad as my Chinese… I don’t know how much of a musketeer I am.
lianne
Deal!!!!
butchart
hows your spanish…. the tres amigos…....... my “dust” well was getting lonely…. what’s that old saying???
Brad MacDuff replied
I’m not sure what saying you’re referencing… as soon as you mentioned the Three Amigos I had a flashback
butchart
ha…........ misery loves company
Brad MacDuff replied
Ahhhh… true indeed.
I don’t know if I can forgive you for reminding me of that movie though… I thought I’d share that bit of misery too…
butchart
my most sincere apologies….....
Brad MacDuff replied
Alright, you’re forgiven… even for making me think of Martin Short.
PJ Ryan
it’s nice to sit at the bottom of a well sometimes … it makes the air and light above so much more precious …
xx
Brad MacDuff replied
Very true. But it’s also easy to forget it’s all up there.
here goes
brilliant writing brad….well done!
Brad MacDuff replied
Thanks for reading, commenting, and favoriting! I appreciate it, and it’s always nice to see a new face (new for me anyway).
here goes
my pleasure…knowing the darkness always makes us appreciate the light that much more
melodious
wow, this is remarkable writing, so wonderful to read!
Brad MacDuff replied
Thank you so much Mel. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Holly Ringland
oh boy. these words of yours… they had me turning this way and that way, trying to see the right way up… the darkness… the stars. you write beautifully brad.
Brad MacDuff replied
Thank you Holly. Are you sure it’s not the lack of sleep that’s making upside down and downside up?
Holly Ringland
oh yes, well-slept, sane writer… pick on the freak trying to write a novel! ha. sleep-deprived or not, i still love this piece.
Brad MacDuff replied
I never claimed to be well slept or sane… just sane enough to watch you crazies pound away for 30 days! How is it coming? Oh, and thank you again.
MariahS
I love this :)
Brad MacDuff replied
Thank you ; )
sleepyeyedrar
The bottom of the well, is lonely, cold, and the silence screams ~ Once liberated from such a prison it’s existence is only in dreams.
Nice work Brad!
Brad MacDuff replied
Thanks Sleepy. You’re familiar with the place then?
mistletoes
Very deep, very thought-provoking…thank you Brad.
KEITH R. WILL...
THOUGHT PROKING PEICE I LIKE IT
lolowe
Wow, short and yet so incredibly powerful.