He’d only visit with the clouds

Posted on by ben Alexander

d’Verse prosery

Watching the clouds thicken, I smiled. I so loved how they would settle upon my secluded cabin every winter.

Jason’s cabin. He had brought me here years ago, long before we were married, claiming that this was where earth met sky. “See?” he’d asked, “The clouds descend from the heavens in winter. Isn’t it lovely?”

How many years had it been? I’d lost all sense of time, it seemed. Every year, throughout the year, I wandered lonely as a cloud through the forest, waiting for winter… waiting for Jason’s clouds to visit so that I wouldn’t feel so alone. The flowering of spring meant losing him all over again… I wanted winter to last forever.

After the accident, I’d gone through Jason’s personal effects, but I couldn’t feel his presence in them… Not even in his beloved cabin.

He’d only visit with the clouds.

Prosery?

d’Verse prosery is flash fiction with a beginning, a middle and an end, in any genre of the author’s choice, no longer than 144 words. This very short piece of prose must include an assigned line from a poem, within the 144 word limit. Writers may change the punctuation of the assigned line, but they may not insert words within the quotation.

The assigned quotation was:

I wandered lonely as a cloud

-from William Wordsworth’s ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’

‘What do you see’ Prompt #125

For Sadje’s weekly #WDYS prompt, she offered the photo below (taken by Sean Boyd) as inspiration for writers to produce art.

93 thoughts on “He’d only visit with the clouds”

      1. ♥thank you David♥
        You are so well read and covered with experience.
        Thank you for writing this piece.
        Those who know, know that this is what dream clouds do.

  7. After the accident, I’d gone through Jason’s personal effects,
    but I couldn’t feel his presence in them… Not even in his beloved cabin.
    He’d only visit with the clouds.

    Beautifully set write, David! Short and sweet. Love the close! It brings to the fore the true feelings for Jason and his absence more so following an accident to such an emotional finale! She really cared for him.

    Hank

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