I have secrets! You don’t believe me? Of course not. I am a model citizen after all. I check each of the boxes: A successful career, a lovely family, wonderful friends… Nobody suspects the darkness within, nor sees the weight of the burdens I carry. I don’t believe that speaking of such things is beneficial for the soul. I just continue to add layer upon layer of moss to camouflage the wounds. I keep the snapshots of my past within and I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook. With the photographs there and the moss hanging heavy, perhaps even I will no longer see the truth.
dVerse Prosery hosted by Kim.
Kim asks us to write a piece of fiction incorporating the following line from Take This Waltz by Leonard Cohen “And I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photographs there and the moss.”
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I love the way you engage the listener, Jennifer, by using direct address and a rhetorical question in your first person Prosery, and the hints of secrets, especially in ‘Nobody suspects the darkness within, nor sees the weight of the burdens I carry’. Well done for using punctuation to change the emphasis and meaning in the prompt line.
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Thank you, Kim! 😊
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You’re most welcome, Jennifer.
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This gives me chills: “I keep the snapshots of my past within”
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Thank you, Melissa!😊
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