I felt his presence before, but always ignored it because I believed that my paranoid state of mind was resurfacing. I had promised my yoga teacher that when this happened again that I would find a safe place to breathe through my nose while visualizing a white light blanketing my shaky soul.
But this time it was different and I knew I had to go to a higher source to get my answer. So I called 311 and whispered into the phone, “I think someone is trying to break into my heart.” And a bold voice that was choking back a belly laugh said before hanging up for the sixth time, “Just go for it. Life is too damn short.”

Ha! I love this. Very clever, my friend.
ReplyDeleteReally wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSo amazing! Five sentences seems like such a simple task - yet it is a brutally difficult task that you, dear Elizabeth, carry out with aplomb! Your friend, Merna
ReplyDeleteYou said a great deal here in five sentences, both within the words and between them. It leaves me wondering, "but what if...." Very well written!
ReplyDeleteI love this piece! Very imaginative. (I wish I could follow you!)
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A very good story, indeed life is too short.
ReplyDeleteI love this piece; a very imaginative use of the prompt. I love the line 'someone is trying to break into my heart'. x
ReplyDeleteLove this, fantastically whimsical
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