The unopened mail is a mountain. Your Contigo stands inverted on the dish rack.
I can’t enact our routine.
I sit in your den, slide my feet into your sheepskin slippers, light one candle, and watch our pictures glow ethereally.
The unopened mail is a mountain. Your Contigo stands inverted on the dish rack.
I can’t enact our routine.
I sit in your den, slide my feet into your sheepskin slippers, light one candle, and watch our pictures glow ethereally.
I blinked a few times over “contigo” i guess I didn’t lose all of my high school spanish. I kept seeing it as “with you” LOL. But it’s a mug right? My favorite is “i can’t enact or routine” — so very sad.
I had to Google Contigo myself. I like the specificity.
Sorry about Contigo. Its a travel coffee mug:)
Yes its a travel coffee mug.I had everyone confused:)
Being in the space where someone lived, really lived, feels so intimate, doesn’t it? The lighting of a candle increases that intimacy.
I agree.Thanks for reading and commenting!
Bittersweet relationships? Had to Google Contigo..hehe. I liked watching the photos ‘glow ethereally’ bit.
No it was me missing my husband when he travels .Contigo is a travel mug:)
I liked the everyday imagery in this.
Thanks Margaret!
I really enjoyed the way you used mundane objects, everyday acts to emphasise the loss. That absence is so strongly felt in the little things.
Thanks for your kind words Asha!
I had to Google Contigo but I really liked this piece! 🙂
The Contigo should be the name of this story I think:)
I liked the Contigo line. You gave context – what else would be in the dish rack? – and it was a nice image to suggest her world is upset. Nice job!
Thanks Nate. Appreciate your comment.
I feel kind of lost when I’m missing someone, too — I like the way you captured that despondency without resorting to use the word “feel.”
Thank you, Yeahwrite is all about show not tell 🙂
I like the image of watching the pictures glow.
Thank you Michelle!
This had the perfect amount of melancholy right throughout out it. You managed to show all of the feelings especially with the final candle line.
Thanks Melony. Its hard to depict everything in a few words.You know that:)
Oh…this is sad. I loved the sentence ‘I can’t enact our routine’. Even though I didn’t know what a contigo was, it was a wonderful way to show just how bleak things were.
Appreciate you reading and commenting Sanch!
Oh this gave me shivers. Very atmospheric. Great job.
Thanks Donna!