Day 19 - 2.14.13

Love ~ a Many Splintered Thing

Prompt for: February 14, 2013
Subject or Theme: Love ~ a Many Splintered Thing (no, that's not a typo)
Word(s) to Include: cajole(ed/s)
Forbidden Word(s): adore(ed/s), amoré, heart(s), heartache(s), heartbreak(s), like(ed/s), love(ed/s), special, splendor(ed/s)
Additional Parameters: You may write about love or heartbreak. MAXIMUM 40 lines.

Tweezers



A word
became
much more
than denotation.
Connotation
branched off
in new directions.
Cards signed with ‘stick’
or perhaps
a bit of a twig
glued to the page.
“Will you stick with me?”
he cajoled.
The ring
he stuck on my finger
reads ‘stick’ inside.

I gave him a
pair of tweezers
because even in the forest
of good intentions,
I knew there
would
be
splintertimes.