in my minds darkest hour,
i saw him standing alone,
rumpled clothes, unkempt hair
a smile that said “believe in me”
radiating from his worry lined face…
i strayed from my plan
and hit the curb,
nearly screeching to a stop-
he asked if i was going far,
i told him much farther than that..
we talked and laughed
and sang some songs
he mentioned i no longer looked sad-
i couldn’t contest that- so instead,
i told him i had set off to end it all
but he’d made me rethink my plan.
he told me he had been there too,
very recently in fact
as he slipped the noose about his neck
he decided, just this once
to give himself a chance..
now we travel together
for however long it will last.
both of us on the run-
he from the clutches of the law-
and me from the jaws of death..
Posted for Friday Foto Fun, and Girlie on the Edge’s Six Sentence Story. Prompt word: Contest.
Thru Violet's Lentz 
What a great story, supporting each other in whatever life brings next!
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Oh, Violet, I love this on so many levels. I wish these two people a future of companionable company. 🙂
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Thank you, Crispina. I have high hopes for them…
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🙂
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This poem gives me the feeling you’d write an awesome Bonnie+Clyde type epic.
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I do know I’d make an excellent Bonnie!! Thanks HRR.
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Beautiful. Wow.
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Thank you, Ruth. Ya just never know where love will happen…
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Friends for ever. Nice saga Violet.
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And thank you, Len for being here…
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Oh, Violet, I love this!
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This is just such a perfect story. We both seems to be searching for signs today 💜
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Scary thoughts and memories of my hitchhiking days.
Yikes! I was either brave or stupid.
Great story however, and excellent use of the prompt.
Good six.
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You’re the first person in over a decade of bogging that has admitted to hitchhiking. I did a lot of it, back in the year one and all. Thanks, UP for your kind words.
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They can certainly be good for each other, i hope they keep each other up and don’t take each other down.
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I hope so too. Thanks, Mimi.
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Help often comes when least expected and needed most. I hope the friendship endures 🙂
Uplifting Six and perhaps a lesson, that you never know what may happen so why not stick around to find out!
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And I am thinking you cannot always judge a person by their past… Thank you, Girlie.
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Wonderful, J!
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Thank you! Now maybe you won’t be mad at me when you find out I edited my entry for today…. cringe…..
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Two broken people who help make each other whole. Nice story!
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And isn’t that really what it’s all about? Thank you so much for dropping in to comment.
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Wow! I really like this. I hope the best for both of them.
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Sometimes it works better if you start off with a couple of strikes against you.. Maybe the expectations aren’t so high? Not sure. Thank you so much for dropping in and leaving a comment.
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They each needed one another at that time and perhaps will each end up in a better place by being together and bravely overcoming the history of their pasts. I love that last sentence. A great weaving of words.
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Thank you so much Pat, I am a big fan of tragic romance…
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I love it. Great piece of writing. I like your style. I like the Bukowski poem too
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Thank you, John. Bukowski is tops in my book.
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I love this!
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Thank you,Lisa
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Fantastic writing.
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Thank you for taking the time to peer through several windows to my world. Welcome.
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