Like Jonah swallowed into the belly of the whale, the mouth of the dungeon consumed him whole. Light and life drowned in the darkness. The cries of the wretched, the only prisoners escaping.
The Trifecta writing challenge this week is: Mouth [noun \ˈmau̇th\] 3: something that resembles a mouth especially in affording entrance or exit: as b: the surface opening of an underground cavity
My God, I love it. Especially the image you added.
This was beautiful.
You are hitting on two things very close to me in this blog: my love of words and my forever love for FL.
Off to follow you. New to Trifecta.
Frighteningly chilly ^& loved how you conveyed all this in such few words Tara-bravo!
crisp and frightening. So perfect with the right words in the right places.
This was terrific, Tara.
This is eerie in all the right places. (:
The final line was wonderful.
Wonderful use of the prompt and your image. Loved it.
Knowing that you have a bank of 17,000 images this must be one of them, and it’s stunning. As are the words that accompany it.
I feel the despair. Reminds me of books about Devil’s Island. Well done. :)
Words do justice to the photo… and vice versa. Nice.
Scary stuff.
Beautiful, horrible imagery! Love it!
Great stuff, as always!
succinctly scary…very nice entry.
stopping over from trifecta.
dark 33 – love it, Tara.
Oh, those prisoners! Great photo combo, too, as usual.
Less is more, so they say. And how much more! Terrific.
What a cool photo! Wow.
xo jj
Your photo is stunning.
This is breathtaking!
very effective flash, Tara! The sense of foreboding and fear rolled off in waves
What a deliciously dark story. I loved it.
I must have Les Miz on the brain, because this reminded me of being imprisoned inside yourself. Trying so hard to escape from your own thoughts and failing.
the descriptions were amazing.
Love the image of the dungeon as a monster that consumes people; that makes it so much more terrifying.
That is a very frightening image. Nothing but cries escaping.
Nice. In a horrific way. ;-)
Great imagery!