Glimpses

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Strangers (100 Word Song)

  Lance at the 100 Word Song Challenge asks you to write 100 words (no more, no less) in whatever genre, or fashion you are inspired to write in, using the song of the week to get you there. 
 
 This week's 100 Word Song challenge inspiration is Billy Joel's "The Stranger"


 
The computer was left on in the family room, the bright light from the monitor was the only light in the room. 

"Why doesn't anyone in this house turn things off when they are done with them?" she asked of no one. 

As she started to turn the monitor off, she noticed that her husband's email had been left open.
"It won't hurt to just look."

When she got to the part that explained why he was so miserable, she started to cry.
"He makes me sound like a stranger, when it's really him that's been a stranger to me."



 
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12 comments:

  1. gut punch

    How many couples can relate to this?

    The last line says it all. What's inside him that he shared with someone is the stranger.

    brilliant

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    1. I can imagine there are many that can, it's how they deal with it that really matters most.
      Thank you Lance, there is something about the way you say "brilliant" that makes me smile ;-)

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  2. Damn.

    That's all, as Lance captured the rest.

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    1. Thanks t. You know it would not be my nature to choose easy topics... most of the time.

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  3. sneaking a peek never results in good things!!

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    1. I guess it could be... perhaps a peek would reveal that the person had nothing to worry about... then again, if the desire to peek is already there, there are trust issues brewing.

      Thanks for reading Carrie.

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  4. Sometimes the peek is needed for change. Agree with Lance on the gut punch.

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  5. I know, disaster follows when reading somebody's private writings. There is a reason it was kept from her. I am sad for her and her.

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