Image credit; Sylvian Sarrailh @ Digiartque
This week Sadje provides us with a digital art image (above) that shows a man standing in front of a square portal that shows a scene from another place. Stairs lead up to this portal. Below lies my contribution to the prompt: 👇👇👇
WOODLAND TIME TRAVEL
When they took me out into the woods
With the promise of another world
Dripping off their honeyed lips
A portal to another world
I didn’t believe them to begin with,
Laughing at the sheer incredulity of it
All!
I’d been down the woods hundreds of times
On late night walks
And camping trips
I whispered to myself
“Get a grip”
And there’d been no portal.
Least none that any mere mortal
Could see
The woodlands had transformed
Taken on an animated form
Full of purple; greenish hues
With pink and violet too
Then, in front of me
Atop a series of stony steps
Lay something to behold
A giant cosmic portal
In the shape of a tablet
Bordered by twisting
Winding tree branches
Began to open, unfold
Revealing blue skies & green fields.
I stand in awe for a moment
To take it all in, to steel
Myself for whatever was to come
I should turn and run
But I was rooted to the spot
And couldn’t move.
Hypnotised by this
Strange; beautiful sight
Whirring; blinding
Fast-forwarding
Or rewinding
Then it began
To pull me towards it!
Should you wish to participate in the prompt then you can access it through the following link: 👇👇👇
https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/01/23/what-do-you-see-170-january-23-3023/
Poetry and Prose of Ken Hume 
You’ve left it a very interesting point Ken. One would like to know what happened next. Thanks for joining in.
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I’ll just have to keep ye all guessing so! 😛😉😁
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Haha! Yes, sometimes imagination is better than knowing
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Yep! 👍😁😛
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Other responses to this take the stance that a decision is made to enter or turn away. Your poem points that the decision is out of your hands and forces outside your control are at work! The folks who lured you into the woods sound to be false friends….
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Indeed they do Muri! 🤔👍 Yeh, I guess I could have gone that way as well. But judging by the foreboding mood of the woods I took a gamble on the person not wanting to be there! Thanks so much for your wise feedback! 🙏😁😊🤔
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