She looks like you. Only, her hair is too short, her eyes too dark, and her gaze never wanders to the door. No, they never look like you, but I watch them nonetheless.
This post was made in response to the Trifecta Writing Challenge’s 33-word Trifextra prompt:
This week we’re asking for 33 of your own words inspired by the following picture.
Photo credit: Thomas Leuthard / Foter / CC BY
Christine Hanolsy 
“They never look like you, but I watch them nonetheless.” I have been there, and it’s always like that. Soft regret.
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Oh, I really love this. Very well done. Just the right amount of everything, keeping it light, yet meaningful.
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I could never have thought of this take. Great.
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Ooo. I like how some are reading this a bit darker than others. I just got the lovesick nobody-is-as-wonderful-as-you. That’s a big step for me. 🙂 Thanks for linking up, Christine. Lovely, as always.
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Wonderful. I really want to know more about the Watcher…
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What Suzanne and Draug said above … and thank goodness I wasn’t the only soul to think that the mystery of this piece could lend itself to a darker/voyeuristic interpretation, especially given how s/he starts to second-guess him/herself and criticize the girl and then the really chilling word “them.” (‘Zero at the bone’ as Emily Dickinson wrote.) Either way, “light” or “dark,” very well rendered, Christine!
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I’m with Draug. There’s an underlying sinister edge to this that’s a little terrifying. So well done.
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This feels a little sinister, and a little sad. I like it.
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Everyone seems a little lost and lonely in this piece; the observer and the girl. It isn’t always easy to convey depth of emotion from a static photo like this but, you did a great job with it. Thanks for continuing to inspire with your great work. 🙂
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those thoughts that linger on and on creating its own world and hoping things would change. very nice scenario.
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I love how enigmatic this is. Could be sweet or dark and you leave us lingering. Nicely done!
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ah…how our memory colors our reality in it’s longing…wonderfully done!
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Oh that desire to see what we want to see, to catch a glimpse of the one that got away…so compelling and you captured it so well here, Christine!
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Once the heart has been stolen, it is very hard to get it back. This was sadly beautiful.
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I can feel the want and missing. A different perspective from I’ve read thus far this week.
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The sweetness of longing…
Very well done.
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The longing is so real it is palpable. Loved your take! ♥
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I see you went sad with the post too. I just couldn’t see much hope or joy in this. Enjoyed you take.
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Wow. I love how you come full circle in so few words. There is a clear sense of longing here as well. I’d love to know more about the observer.
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How heart breaking for him but hope reigns supreme-maybe someday he will find her:-)Well done!
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Whoa! This keeps going around and around. Loves me. Loves me not.
I love it, Christine!
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🙂 Thanks, Kymm! I sometimes have trouble with the photo prompts – they tend to be too specific in terms of place and time. I’m pleased this worked!
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a longing, a lingering heart…those are things that speak to my heart. You wrote those emotions beautifully.
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I think you and I are two of a kind, Kir. 🙂 That’s exactly the emotion I was trying to convey.
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well then I’m smiling today, because I love thinking I share something in common with you. 🙂
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Ooh, this is very intriguing. Part of me sees a story of lost love, while the other part is reading something darker into it. Really brilliant writing.
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Thank you so much! You know, I changed the last few words at the last minute, hoping it would give just a little bit of an edge to it. I love that you saw that.
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I see what you see through rose colored glasses, hope, mystery and a certain desire. So you study looking for a different hand, imposed by a friendly face and a cup of coffee.
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Lovely, both as a comment and as a response to the photo! 🙂
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Wow. Just wow. Truly love this!
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Thank you!
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