The shaded lamp hangs over my desk, illuminating my
alpha-numeric computer keyboard
but not my thoughts.
All these letters
should combine to make words,
But my mind refuses
to find a pattern that makes sense.
___________________________ Marijo Taylor Seidl Nelson Jodock Vik (there’s a story in the names!) has made a living in her 77 years on earth by creating training materials for Fortune 500 companies, struggling with sermons for her role as a lay pastor, and reporting news for nearly 20 years for a small Minnesota weekly newspaper.
___________________________ Vik wrote Stuck for a Story Immersion Project submission call asking for a simple 8-line exercise.
7 thoughts on “STUCK”
Nicely done! I feel this way more often than I should.
I love this.
I can relate!
Yes! So descriptive…on the precipice of a great adventure! 💞
I love the metaphor portrayed by this story “stuck.” I do feel stuck at times for specific words, or sometimes for word patterns to express my mangled train of thoughts. I, too, wish a lamp light up my alleys to find clarity and my way forward.
Wonderful extended metaphor in which lamp-lit keyboard characters can’t shed enough light to create the complex patterns writers envision. Very well done!
Ha ha – I like the irony here! You’ve clearly made perfect sense to the people reading. Good job!