Fake Roses

PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

Fake roses make me think

Of our life together

Where I expected to inhale

The fragrance of a life entwined

Of warm companionship and bliss

What I got instead

Was a bunch of plastic flowers

Colours gaudy

A gilt edge border

That was meant to entice

But it never did

Lacking not just the aroma

But a soul

Laugh you may

At that thought

Of a spirited flower

So close your eyes

And in your mind

Transport away

To a verdant vale

Where flowers bloom

Inhale their delicate scent

Their short lived life

Leaves behind a fragrance

That lives forever.

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100 words.

Welcome to another week of Friday Fictioneer.   Missed last week due to extra work commitments and with this being a busier week, I thought I'd get one in before the week gets hectic.  It is a day of sad  memories for us, can't believe five years have passed since this  entry In Our Hearts Forever   

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Perfect Match

PHOTO PROMPT © Anshu Bhojnagarwala

My uncle was a diehard bachelor who consistently ignored match making attempts.  Growing up I recall my mother and her sisters being convinced that this would be the year their brother would marry. 

Ultimately the sisters gave up and we learned about this one girl who he loved but did not approach.  Ultimately she got married and moved away.  

Then in his sixties my uncle discovered social media, connections were made with old contacts, including the newly widowed flame.  Within a month his Facebook status was changed to ‘In a relationship’.

Who knew such flames of passion burned deep inside?

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100 words.

If it's Wednesday then it must be the start of another episode of Friday Fictioneer.   This time it seems to be a flame game.  I too had an entry four years ago The Liberating Fire which was a bit darker then this light-hearted submission.  I hope you like it, all I can say is Burn appetit. 

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