#writephoto – Swansong

birds-se-ilkley-2015-uffington-avebury-hackpen-worcester-3Sue Vincent’s weekly #writephoto challenge is one of my favourite writing prompts. Her photos are always evocative and inspire a wide range of responses, as though she’s captured a little piece of storytelling magic in each image. Perhaps she has…

Here is my response to this week’s photo:

Swansong

They call it a swansong

Our last brave moments

Like a song sung

on a dying breath, beautiful

Haunting notes across the water

A requiem

 

To me it is sadness

A lament for the end

A wish for things to stay

as they always were, golden

Sunlit glimmers on the water

Donโ€™t leave me


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14 thoughts on “#writephoto – Swansong

  1. When I saw the title of your post, I was expecting some sort of Ode to Supernatural Season 5, but I got this gorgeous poem instead! You really exceeded my expectations, and your photo is absolutely magical.

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