Thursday Tales #74 & Three Word Wednesday CCLV

Photography courtesy of "whendt" for use with Thursday Tales

Time

Stoically the old girl prevails, seemingly impassive to the degradation of time. With head held high she remains straight and proud. Gracefully she poses, unaware her resplendent scarlet robe has long since been stripped from her frame. A tattered and stained corset bulges at its seams, hinting at what used to be. The west's version of a Norma Desmond, perhaps, dreaming of a triumphant revival, a stunning close up possible as she gracefully glides across the horizon once again. Desire still strums it's fingers against the strings of her heart and she patiently awaits, seductively lying in wait for her man to need her again. But for many an old girl, renewal, let alone adaptation, is an unattainable dream and time continues its course, beating down her will and demanding submission.

by Margaret Bednar, Art Happens in Black & White, August 25, 2011

This is for Thursday Tales #74. The photograph is "The Old Barn" by . Minimum of 55 words, Maximum 777. No poems, just stories and short tales. I hope the above qualifies.

I also participated in Three Word Wednesday, CCLV. This week's words are glide, lie and renewal. I used a different tense for two of the words and I hope that is within the rules.

Now that school is back in session, I hope to do a little creative writing once a week or so along with my photography, poetry and long neglected drawing.

I also thought you might enjoy this beautiful YouTube video of old barns:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D2yvmL5H-Lc#!