Crimson’s Creative Challenge #13
‘Depression,’ the doctor diagnosed. ‘Founded on stress and anxiety.’
I laughed. ‘Nah, I’m not depressed. I’m happy as the sheep in their sun-drenched enclosure—just as long as I don’t open that gate.’
‘Well, there you are,’ said the doctor to me. ‘You can’t stay in the enclosure; you’ve a life to be led.’
Her words rumbled around, dark and threatening as midnight thunder. A life to be led.
Nah, no way. No high-talking herdsman is leading me.
Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge #13
Words: 78
crispina kemp 
Get out of my head!!! this was wonderfully penned.
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I thank you. And I assure you it comes entirely from my head. (Way back in 2002, one of the first signs I had CFS, ) 🙂
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It’s marvellous what does come out of our heads isn’t it?
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Quite amazing what we find within them. 🙂
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Never stops amazing me
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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I envy what’s in your head! This I a wonderful piece, crimson. Excellent!
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I thank you. Time was, what was in my head seemed totally crazy. Till I started to write it down. I want through a period that felt like I was channelling stories. Way-out fantasy stories. I mean, real weird stuff. But having go that out of my siyterm (or head) I’m now almost sane. If any writer can ever be described as sane. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Yes, I rarely hear the word ‘sane’ in the same sentence with my name. 🙂
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Mosly I hear ‘weird’ coupled with my name. 🙂
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Hmmm… gonna have to rethink what I was gonna write!
Loved this, Crispina.
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I thank you, Dale. But were you thinking of writing something similar?
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Kinda sorta but not really 😉 I shall go with my original idea 😎
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Must be a case of great minds … 🙂 I look forward to seeing your original idea. Maybe that’s a true word, and it will turn out to be ‘original’. 🙂
Otherwise, go with the one you’ve now decided to shelf. I, for one, won’t object. After all, is it that unusual for a photo prompt to inspire similar stories? 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Must be 😉
Of course it will be 😎
And no, if Friday Fictioneers has taught me anything, it’s that one image can bring a plethora of the same story with some more out of the box (My usual preference 😉)
No, I will stick to my plan (as if I had a plan)!
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Look forward to the read. 🙂
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Then I better write it, eh?
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Yep. Get tapping. Though you might like to sleep first. 🙂
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Tell me about it. Been awake since just before 2. Been trying to fall back asleep since.
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I know those nights. Time was, I’d get up, make a coffee and a cheese sandwich, and lo! Despite all we’re told about stimulants, back to sleep I’d go.
But I don’t eat bread any more. Now, if I’m still awake after half-hour of just laying there, waiting, I’ll read for a while. Preferably something academic (translate, unexciting!) Usually it works.
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I’ll heat up milk – not warm but not and drink it quickly so that warmth goes in and does it’s job. Didn’t work tonight. I read twice. Now… I feel it might be here – sleep…zzzz
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Pleasant dreams … 🙂
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Finally ended up sleeping right through my alarm. I have a vague notion of music playing but then it’s gone. Got up at 9:40, had a 10:00 appointment!
Can you say hop to it?
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My dear, you can say whatever you like to it. You are under no compulsion. Also, there’s no closing date. 🙂 Chill. (Oops, maybe not tactful thing to say with Canada’s winter weather.) 🙂 🙂
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Hahaha! No worries. I’ll chill 😉
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And that means?
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Sorry Dale, my connection went. It was meant to be a smiley. But all of a sudden I’m being told there was no connection. Which was odd, cos I still had emails and YouTuba. Then I watched a movie (or patrt-watched, haven’t finished it yet but had to put it on hold while I toddled to the loo, and so I thought I’d check and see if WP was back on and … hey, it’s back on.
And I’ve loads of comments and posts to catch up on now. Hummph. I suppose it was atmospheric disturbance. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Ha ha ha! I thought I was “outta da loop”
Atmospheric disturbance ineed 😉
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Ineed. 🙂
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This is a brilliant fit for the picture. I think she’s thinking to be in the sunlit pasture but really looking at it from outside, through the fence. I admit I got nothing… Sorry…
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I thank you.
And don’t fret on it. If you do, you do, if you don’t … okay. I couldn’t get onything on Sammi’s Satueday prompt this week. It happens.
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It’s the second time in a row that I look at your great pictures and get stuck on politics with my thoughts… and I so don’t want to write about that. Maybe next time…
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Indeed. It’s supposed to be fun. In my experience, politics aren’t fun. Something will trigger, don’t worry. 🙂
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