Storm

Wind racked the shores of the loch with a wildness I had never seen before. It ripped through the trees, turning the soil back to a brown emptiness. I saw little else that night, staring out of the windows and into the grey destruction beyond.

Sitting back down I discovered you had taken out the monopoly board and were setting the pieces on the board. You took the wee dug, I got a hold of the kettle and off we went, seizing property as the one around us was battered ceaselessly.

The game moved quickly as we both cross and double cross one another throughout the streets of a city in miniature. The world outside dimmed further as the sun set behind the clouds and time drew on closer towards the end of our game.

You had claimed one half of the board, me the other. We dominated the world, running it as two separate, but equal(?), business empires. But, with a single move either of us could fall all the way back down to nothing. Nothing at all…

Songs whilst Writing

All the Things you are – Leslie North

A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square – George Alec

My One and Only Love – Dina Nobles

I Fall In Love Too Easily – Benjamin Thorpe

smoke gets in your eyes – Carla Moses