Author: Reena Saxena

so you come knocking
at this old broken down door
I don’t live here now

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge #199

Inspired by Eugenia’s Weekly Prompt – Bouquet & Reena’s Exploration Challenge #199

With a simple, hand-pickedbouquetof fragrant flowers, he walked confidently towards her.“This may only seem like a small gesture on my part. But may it reflect my deepest affection for you and allow me to express more about the strong connection we have that transcends time.”Bowing with respect and reverence, he offers her the colorful array of blossoms.

She accepts the flowers, lifting them to her nostrils to inhale the sweet fragrances.

“You came back.But we are meeting for the first time.How is this possible?”

“Would you care to watch the movie “Somewhere In Time?”

**For all you romantics out there, I highly recommend you watch this movie!

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #199

“You came back.”

“But we are meeting for the first time.”

Georgie looked closer at him. Yes, there it was, the tiny scar above his top lip. Almost imperceivable. But she knew it well. He was older – yes, but she was older too. No longer beautiful, at least not in the way that most people saw beauty these days. No, her beauty was not superficial, but something that came from deep inside her. That was what had attracted him to her in the first place. Her eyes shone with something that seemed to be beyond this world. He wanted it for himself, but he could not quite reach it. Then Ann came along.

Ann was beautiful in an “in your face” kind of way. It was easy to reach. No work was required. He had her for a time, but then she grew tired of him…

She said, “You came back.”  I responded, “But we are meeting for the first time.”  I felt like I knew her and there was this unusual connection between us that I sensed, but I didn’t know her at all and I couldn’t tell her from Eve.  Maybe she confused me with some other Tom, Dick, or Harry, or perhaps it was the clothes that I was wearing, but I was no Georgy Girl and none of the girls were passing me by.  If we never met, then where could I have come back from?  I could have dropped that Arnold Schwarzenegger line from the Expendables and said, “I’m back!”, but not everyone knows that movie.

I figured she was one of the girls that I contacted from that dating site.  She was pretty, but I didn’t remember arranging to meet anyone.  I had a doctor’s appointment and I just stopped…

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PROMPT #199

Here is a piece of dialogue.

“You came back.”

“But we are meeting for the first time.”

It is not necessary that you use the lines in your piece, though you are free to do so.

Imagine the situation and write a piece based on it.

That’s it.

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Recurring dreams of
Meeting her again one day
Looking everywhere in vain
Feeling disappointed

There’s an image in his mind
And any girl he meets has to fit
For him it’s like he has lost
One half of his soul, that he seeks

Finally he saw her one day
Excited he went up to her
So you came back he blurts
Excuse me! Who are you? she said

The moral is clear in this tale
You are looking for your dream
But that person may be dreaming
Of someone else entirely!

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