Peel away my brittle crust, shards cracking along fault lines, exposing a vulnerable underbelly, sore and raw. Delve too deep and my molten core erupts, scorching all in its path, an unquenchable force.
The weekend Trifextra challenge:
the structure of the earth can be divided most simply into three sections: core, mantle, crust. Give 33 words, interpreting the prompt literally, metaphorically, or somewhere in between.
I would love to own a series of your sunset pics.
‘unquenchable’ excellent expression here.Enjoyed the lines.Great work.
I love this on a number of levels – from the global to the personal. It can be taken so many beautiful ways. Amazing – one of my favorites this weekend, I think!
Nicely written. There is much we need to rethink in our quest for energy.
Your skyline photos are amazing. This is a great topic for this prompt!
Nice piece. Fracking water is being buried in the county where I grew up. Hopefully Matt Damon’s movie will help get the word out. Seems like nobody’s listening…
I felt like my dry winter skin was being peeled off! >__< Great piece!
thanks for reminding me about fracking – good use of the prompt :-)
They take their chances when they delve. But that’s where the best part is! Fantastic photo.
Very powerful and beautifully written.
Beautiful words to go with a beautiful picture.
This is really beautiful! Such vivid and intense words. Love it!
An interesting way to put “Don’t tread on me!”
How timely! You should submit this to ilovemountains.org. I bet they’d use it. Terrific work on a horrible process.
dk
stop fracking around, Tara. You might hurt something.
:) love this.
love the pic, too. You do have an eye for pictures.
Sore and raw – great description. And the emotion of the title, the disgust it evokes – good choice for the prompt!
Thank you for speaking up for our earth with such a beautiful voice! I only wish the general populace would pay attention to how we’re poisoning and destroying our world.
Beautiful image. I really like the way the line of clouds seems to divide the world into upper and lower, and so well married to the words.
Wow!What brilliance!loved it Tara!
Oh wow, that was powerful! I’m moved by your word choice. Very well-written indeed!
Great write! I’ve read several articles on fracking, and it makes me heartsick about how we constantly poke and prod and destroy the earth to steal its resources for our selfish short-term gain.
Gorgeous picture. Goes well with the intense verse. Very visceral.
Beautiful writing and beautiful picture.
The beautiful picture that accompanies this makes the words feel even more threatening than they already are.
Oh my Gosh, Tara. My insides burned reading this. Beautifully written.
Fracking is coming to my birthplace, Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. I am sick about it. The pristine beauty of the Cabot Trail is definitely at risk. Thanks for your very timely story. Very well-written, as always.