emma martin
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The Green Light
The beginning of a story. Now that part is easy, exciting and filled with endless possibilties.What will the characters be like? what will they have to endure? what lessons will they learn in order to grow? What message am I trying to portray to my audience?
By emma martin4 years ago in Fiction
Marked by Marigold
I stare at the blank canvas in front of me, the paint palette on my lap. The wood of the palette is now muddied from all the mixed colour stains from the past. I pick up the yellow paint tube. I don’t know what I will paint but I know it will be yellow, that is always the main colour I choose for my paintings. Waiting…..waiting for inspiration but nothing comes. A clattering sound from the kitchen startles me out of my reverie. I turn to look at him, the recent fling in my life. The thing that has been keeping me entertained for the past 3- no- 4 weeks? I don’t know because I struggle to keep track of those things. He stands there in his tartan pyjamas and I know I’ve reached the wall again and today is the day I will break it off again- too comfortable - too much of the same and now he has to go. Don’t get me wrong, it's nice especially at the beginning when it’s filled with so much excitement -going on dates, the late-night phone calls, the constant ‘not being able to keep your hands off of each other's feelings- but then I hit the wall. The fun and games stop and then it becomes serious and they expect certain things from you want you to spend time with them, prioritise them, show that you care and I dunno it just makes me want to escape. I want the freedom of going out as a please and having to think about someone else before any decision that I make just suddenly makes me care less about them and that is when I reach ‘the wall’ then out they go and I start all over again. You’d think one of these days I’d just stop dating but I can’t seem to help myself, the beginning is just too good not to crave it again.
By emma martin4 years ago in Fiction
