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Eclipse
To obscure the light from or to
Ended April 9, 2024 • 6 Entries • Created by AJAY9979
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Eclipse
To obscure the light from or to
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7v7 in Flash Fiction

eclipse

if we could

write

in reverse

this line would

cover

the one

that appears

directly below

and foreshadow

the thought

that came before

but alas

all flows

in its order...

and you say

Author, ugh

I can't see!

move over.

04.08.2024

Eclipse challenge @AJAY9979

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Eclipse
To obscure the light from or to
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flashgordon in Flash Fiction

forever

you the moon

delicate waxing waning

at the drop of a mood

predictably uncertain

I the earth

solid grounded firm steadfast

always beneath to catch you

whenever you fell from space

who knew

frail flawed pocked-marked you

could eliminate obliterate plunge

me into an abyss with no bottom

who knew

at that moment we'd stop spinning

frozen in darkness you unmoving

me an unlit pall of my former self

Challenge
Eclipse
To obscure the light from or to
Infinitesimally in Flash Fiction

Blot.

All around her, the world dimmed. The ubiquitous darkness seemed as though she were gazing into the vast pupil of the universe. Like a mite of dust, she floated and trembled before it.

She knew it couldn't be real.

How could it?

How could the world become so cold, so dark, in just an instant? Everything seemed to float around her, twirling weightlessly, so that every time she shifted and felt the ground beneath her, a strange vertigo reared up. She shivered at the way the wind hushed and stilled to look at the huge spot, the pupil, that peered out at the Earth. It was all so strange and lovely. When she blinked, the universe's fiery iris created a purple ring on her inner eyelid. Strange and lovely.

Once in a lifetime, this phenomenon occurs. Yet that didn't seem true. It was a lifetime, eternity stretched over a fistful of moments, moments running through her grip like water. An eternity was held in that great eye; an eternity in knowing that even forever must end. The flame haloed pupil gently reminded her that even the sun will change and disappear; long after she has escaped the gaze of the universe's pensive eye; long after the light of the sky is no longer obscured by this beautiful blot.

Challenge
Eclipse
To obscure the light from or to
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CynthiaCalder in Flash Fiction

Spritely Creatures of the Night

Whisper light

They float in the

Darkness of each night

Whilst making

Gardens semi-bright.

Mischievous,

Mystical

Little sprites.

Exuding

Auras of delight

Their flights,

A tapestry spun

In the obscured night,

Amidst all else

They blossom,

Consuming at first sight.

Whispers echo

In the gust of wind,

Delicate blossoms

Open to receive

Cryptic showers,

Enlightenment is perceived

In each display of

Pixie dust they weave.

Visions of dimmed light

Obscured by the night

Some fair, some small,

Some large, some tall.

They flit, they fly

Amongst the special chosen few

Spreading strands of magic

To the world anew.

Alluring, divine

Creatures of the Fay,

If they perchance to

Fly your way,

Know they surely bring

An ease of days

Whilst showering

Fortunes utterly sublime.

Challenge
Eclipse
To obscure the light from or to
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Ness_Doublet in Flash Fiction

Yet I can see

At first you can't see anything

Not anything

But you

In such darkness

I'm not surprised

You can't see

Your beauty

Your beautiful

Your eyes soft as the sweet tea you make me

Your body so warm as you unmake me

Pressed against me

So no

I'm not

Surprised

To see again

Clearer than ever

In your eclipse