Exercises In Composition

OK, I’m going to continue what I started last Thursday. And hopefully, some of you will play along. Each week, I will post three (or more) random words. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write something using all of those words. It can be a few lines, a story, a poem, anything. I’ll also write something using the same three words and post it here. Be sure to leave a comment if you participate.

This week’s words are:
coal
paring
heart

Her mouth was moving, but he wasn’t hearing. Sometimes that happened. He laid on his back and just took her in. This creature sitting astride him on the bed. Her warm brown eyes. Her hair, black as coal. Smooth, pale skin.

And even though he wasn’t listening, he could feel it. She was getting thru. Breaking down walls. Paring away the layers around his heart. Slowly. But surely.

His thoughts faded and he began to hear her again. Just as she said, “Let’s play a game.”

So silly she was. So loved her, he did.

“She’s slippery, you’re sliding down. Will she be there when you hit the ground? It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright. She moves in mysterious ways…”