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obsession exercise
by Angela Thomas1 -obsessed by images of fairy tale or unlikely possibilities. I daydream about love interests or saying things I would never utter out loud. I return to images of hands for comfort because of what they represent and the stories they tell. I could look at a person's hands for hours and still lay in fascination of them and their machinisms.
2 -her hands were hard working, full of stories in the cracks and work in the calluses. She used them to tell the world about her. Her red polish said she was fun, the short nails said she was a worker. With them, she created such wonderful things.
3 -the dissapointment on her brow seemed to creep into my eyes and force them to tear. I never wanted to see her pain, see her in so much anguish. If I could take that away, I would. If I could.
4 -Her hands looked worn.
Not as much as her brow.
I want to soothe them both,
wipe away all the pain she felt.
If i could, i would.
I'd draw a bath with
lavender and primrose,
soft pillows beneath her body,
and I would sing a song of love.
I would use my own hands to create in her,
a happiness, a feeling of being complete and content. 01/27/2004 Author's Note: Here are the Cliff Note version of the prompts for the writing exercise: 1. Write about an obsession. 2. describe something that makes you happy and you could think about all the time. 3. describe something upsetting. 4. write a poem with both the disturbing and obsessive parts in it.
Posted on 01/27/2004
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