My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #163 “Collage 25”
Picture of Sign Credit: Ray Flanagen
The quote “Sometimes, all you can do is lie in bed, and hope to fall asleep before you fall apart.” William C. Hannah
He dreamed he was a prince
Untangling briars
In a fairy-tale wasteland,
Breaking through
To a vertiginous
Precipice –
Swallow diving
Into a ring
Of ripples
And reflection,
Coming up on the other side
At a motel, a recreation
Of a ruined castle
Haunted by cardinals, blood red –
Only to find his princess dead.
Sometimes,
All you can do is lie in bed,
And hope to fall asleep
Before you fall apart.
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 
No matter how you go with this collage you end up with a sense of sadness Kim and you achieved that beautifully.
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Thank you, Michael. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to put together an anthology of some of the collage-inspired writing? Some of the collages are so stunning.
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Good idea Kim, go for your life….
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I’m sure Yves would support the idea too.
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I loved the fluidity of this Kim and the imagery of swallow diving and coming up elsewhere in different places –
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Thank you for reading, Laura, and for your kind comments.
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Beautifully sad, Kim.
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Thank you, Freya.
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Qualities of dream mixed with parable…spooky scenario though…..creatively done.
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Thank you!
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