She watches you as your eyes stop smiling. She watches as the slightest crease in your brow comes and goes away, as though it was never there. She watches your hands stiffen as they hold hers’. She watches as you both fidget with the clothing that you are wearing. She does this everyday, this waiting, while her clients prepare themselves for their best shot. She takes power in this watching. Framing your life with her lens.
She watches this while you smile for her camera, waiting for her to snap the emotion you never felt, in pictures, to immortalize it, so you can instagram it as they call it these days and show it to the world. She watches your ‘broken images’ editing them to perfection, till she ‘makes’ you ‘happy’. And you let her…
Weekly Challenge Link: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/writing-challenge-shoes/
January 31, 2014 at 2:11 pm
This was intriguing. I really liked how it set up one idea and ended with something completely different. Well done 🙂
January 31, 2014 at 2:15 pm
Thank you so much…New to challenges, but I enjoyed writing this 🙂
January 31, 2014 at 2:18 pm
Me too! I’ve never done this before responding to this challenge, too.
January 31, 2014 at 2:24 pm
Just read yours now! Nice! : )
July 28, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Reblogged this on forgottenmeadows and commented:
this was a post that was done on the 3rd day of me starting this blog…as I re-read it again I thought I would share 🙂 It was a response to a daily challenge…please click on original 🙂 Thank you!
July 29, 2015 at 9:02 am
I’ve taken some time and left some fingertip hittin in likes on a number of your posts. I’ve gotta say this one certainly stands out. I’ve never worked with a pic visual and lacing the lines in them. It’s an approach that really wayyyyy out cool, but I just haven’t gotten to that aspect of it. That means for all those that do, I enjoy them!!:)
July 29, 2015 at 9:16 am
Thank you so much for dropping by and sharing your thoughts, your likes and comment are appreciated 🙂 🙂