Time for another flash fiction challenge courtesy of Charli over at Carrot Ranch. This week’s prompt let my mind travel to a wonderful place: In 99 words (no more, no less) write about an escape artist. It can even be you, the writer, escaping into a different realm or space in imagination. It can be any genre, including BOTS (based on a true story) or fantasy.
Mine is based on a true story – an ongoing one, if you will. When I was growing up, it’s something I would do whenever we went to the mountains. As an adult, I still sneak this escape whenever possible, and when I was teaching and had an especially noisy recess duty, I would longingly gaze at the mountains. It’s such a personal favorite that Levin sought a similar one in Project Liberatio.
Enjoy!
Peace
I rest on the boulder, my back absorbing the sun’s warmth it has stored. The only sound is a gentle wind moving through the trees, guarding my solitude. This place and I are the only ones who know where I am.
Busy thoughts threaten to invade. I push them back. My schedule can wait. My phone needs no attention. No one can reach me here.
A cloud moves, and midday sunlight covers me. I close my eyes but still see red, so I drape my arm over them. A squirrel chitters. I take a long breath.
This is peace.
Allison Maruska 
Cool piece, I like it 🙂
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My kind of peace, Allison! I love this line: “This place and I are the only ones who know where I am.”
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Thanks! 😊
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Lovely images of serenity, Allison. Well done.
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Thanks. 🙂
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Brief and peaceful- those are the two words for your story. Keep up the good work!
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Thanks! 😁
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You’re welcome!
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This is indeed peace.Hope we all find it in ourselves amidst of our routine.
https://ideasolsi65.blogspot.in/2017/08/fear.html
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Absolutely. 😊
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I can sometimes find peace when I go to the sea… strange, but I never realised before that my kind of peace is quite noisy really…
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Ha! Maybe it blends into the background.
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thanks for sharing!
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I like this Allison, this escape is such a good place to be I would think, glad you can still enjoy it.
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It is a lovely place to be. 😊
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