This is the latest Picture, from the picture it and write series from Ermilia’s blog
http://ermiliablog.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/picture-it-write-36/
Photograph provided and credited by Ermilia
Fragrance and thorns~ Beauty and decay
Written by John Yeo
The masked ball was the social event of the year, Freddie had decided to attend and furiously prepared his outfit and appearance for what was to be an extraordinary affair, anybody who was anybody would be there. Rumour had it that royalty would be attending, in disguise of course. The night arrived and a procession of large cars and carriages arrived at the country estate. Many people were lining the walls of the ballroom and the conversation was all about guessing who was who behind the various masks. The orchestra stuck up with the opening waltz and the evening began with dance after beautiful dance. Freddie danced continuously, and had marked several cards for the evening. Then came a tango, a beautiful mysterious lady, heavily masked with a skeletal face mask, asked Freddie to dance, How could he refuse? The passionate tango began, the couple danced beautifully together, inspiring gasps of admiration from the assembled crowd. Someone threw a perfect pink rose to the lady dancer, she caught it between her pearly white teeth and continued to dance. There was applause from all quarters of the ballroom. At the end of the dance, she proffered her lips and Freddie removed the rose with his mouth, he fell hopelessly in love. The lady then disappeared into the crowd, never to be seen by Freddie again. The rose wilted and wilted into the shape of a skeletal death’s head, leaving just a memory of the former beauty and fragrance of a mysterious ephemeral fleeting moment in time.
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Fascinating! My thought would be that she is a ghost who comes to haunt the estate.
My writing teammate and I created a character study using the prompt.
http://hickswyliedna.blogspot.com/2014/06/emily-katherine-salvatore-sad-eyed-lady.html
I enjoyed reading your character study immensely~ You are very talented writers~ 🙂
How mysterious! Nice idea!
Thanks joe2~~Glad you liked this~ 🙂
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A metaphor for her fleeting beauty. Good idea. I love the tango.
Thanks Anne~ I’m happy you enjoyed this 🙂