WHOLEHEARTEDLY!

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New Prompt! I’ve been listening to music in the car on the way to work (when I don’t carpool,) and one song (from the Scarlet Pimpernel) has captivated me with its image of a falcon diving through the sky to catch its dinner.
For today’s prompt, I’d like to use the following line in your story or poem:
Like a hawk seizing prey . . . Use it as some kind of comparison – for a dying love, for a relationship gone sour, an awkward friendship, a business partner’s manipulations, or for whatever stirs your creativity.


WHOLEHEARTEDLY!

"Wholeheartedly" is always
my answer when quizzed
about how I grab hold of my life
and squeeze meaning out
of its many unexpected
nooks and crannies.

When asked
to explain
my one-word answer,
I merely state
that I grab life
"like a hawk seizing prey"
-- with an iron grip on the edges,
and yet with enough gentleness
to let love seep in
through the cracks