Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Dreams Of A Couple

                                                                                            Author:Shixart1985
Image: What Could have Been (here)
(courtesy of Wikimedia Commons - licensed under 
the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license).

He was not much into romantics, nor an extrovert. Life had been fairly well documented as a teenager and he rode the storm with full energy. She was a perfect match pretty, good family background and well placed. It could not have been any better. Mutually acceptable but to be given time He excelled in writing his first love but missed the boat when it came to mixing well with the crowd. A good conversationalist, confident and well-mannered. He made himself more available and the faint perfume from its chalice steals out more times than allowed Things are cold now. He came to dinner not properly dressed. He was the star player and they were tied. He had to stay on and was late for dinner. Her parents were there as she had planned a surprise. It was a let-down and nothing further was heard.

Dora at d'Verse - Prosery for maximum of 144 words and to include the line:
"the faint perfume from its chalice steals out more times"

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