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She let the shudder travel from the roots of her hair to the nape of her neck and down her spine to the place where the calving of her body started. The skin on the small of her back awoke. She sighed.
It wasn’t the chill in the air that had her trembling, even though the breeze could explain the raised goosebumps on her skin. It was the vista that had shaken her. And the memories it sought.
Oh, this was a different place. A different time. Yet somehow these still were the same sky where a red moon rides on the humps of the low river hills spreading below it. Transporting her. The earth roiled under a tapestry of dark and starlight, of shade and voids and hidden stars. Her breath drowned in wonder and sorrow: for lost beginnings, for hopes come dawn.
Prosery Prompt: “a red moon rides on the humps of the low river hills” (Carl Sandburg’s Jazz Fantasia)
For the dVerse Prosery challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
Nature has the power to elicit great emotion from us doesn’t it. “For hopes, come dawn.” Nice ending.
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Amen to hopes come dawn … 🙂
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Sometimes we never do find ourselves!
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Very true! 🙂
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“The earth roiled under a tapestry of dark and starlight, of shade and voids and hidden stars. Her breath drowned in wonder and sorrow: for lost beginnings, for hopes come dawn.”
This is very poetic in itself, it’s very raw and honest, and well, hopeful! The darkness in the imagery provides this essence well near the end where hope is always there, it’s always a choice. Excellent take on the prompt! I enjoyed reading this piece.
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Thank you so much, Lucy! Indeed hope remains. As long as we are still breathing, there is hope.
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Oh what wonderful words you weave into such a tapestry of a story. Beautiful, Na’ama.
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Thank you, Dale! I am so glad the words communicated a story to you! Xx
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Beautifully evocative. 💚
Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.
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Thank you, dear Adele!
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Beautiful
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Thank you, Crispina!
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🙂
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brilliant piece, I was hanging onto every word.
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Thank you so much for this comment! 🙂 I’m very glad to hear! 🙂
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This is absolutely stunning. From your words to the illustration you’ve chosen. But even without the illustration, the words stand gloriously on their own. You put the reader right into your words…let us feel that shudder and then that wonder and awe. This is so well writ! Thank you so much for posting to the prompt!
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Thank you, Lilian! You chose fantastic prosery prompts from a very evocative poem … so no wonder! 🙂
I’m so gratified my piece resonated. 🙂
Na’ama
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Beautiful. I especially like “sorrow for lost beginnings and hope comes dawn”.
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Thank you, Beverly! May we all have hope, come dawn.
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This is absolutely lovely
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Thank you! 🙂
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