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MoJo’s Group Creativity Experiment Week 3

Week 3 and I’m still taking part in a Group Creativity Experiment by fellow tweep @MoriahJovan because I’m loving the music and the exercise of writing using songs picked by someone else and outside my comfort zone.

For more on Moriah Jovan please visit her blog and check out her books The Proviso and Stay.

For this week Moriah picked the song Asking us to Dance by Kathy Mattea. Watch the video here.

And this is my entry:

    Moonlight illuminated the darkened sky, accompanied only by a few shy stars. A soft, cold wind caressed your face and then mine. I inhaled your scent and felt alive again.

    I watched you from a distance, silently waiting for you to complete your duty. As you held the rifle between your hands, I walked on the edge of the building. You concentrated on your target, I concentrated on your big brown eyes.

    You moved slightly, crawling closer to the edge. I ran to kneel by your side and get a glimpse of whom you were about to shoot, but my hands strayed to your back and the tips of my fingers touched you slightly, sending a shiver down your spine.

    Oh how I wished we could…

    Your body stiffening stopped my thoughts. Your target was in sight and it was no moment for romancing as your finger pulled the trigger. A perfect shot.

    You turned your eyes to the black sky above and whispered: “That one was for you, Vivienne. Wherever you are, I swear I won’t sleep until I kill them all.”

    Oh how I wished you knew I was there, watching you, listening to you whisper to the air. I wished you could see me like I could see you and not just feel my ghostly presence by your side.

    You picked up your bags, dried the tears in your eyes and headed for the stairs.

    I stared down at the street to watch you go, while the cold wind caught me in its arms and swept me off.