Tantalizing Tuesday - 24 December: From one Valley.

It's Tuesday and Christmas Eve. The awesome Tantalizing Tuesday  writers are here to entertain with a penultimate teaser of 2013. A self chosen picture and 200 words precisely to be inspired. Please show some love by following the link, reading and commenting on all. Today mine is called From one Valley. Enjoy.

Teasers

Peace reigned in the winter scene where a valley lay now swathed in soft white snow.  All had fallen quiet. Amidst the tall trees that surrounded it, the old church stood steadfast, as it had done through the seasons for centuries. A strength, seemingly to be a friendly fortress that surveyed and protected. Nothing had ever crushed its durable stability.

And now in the silence of nightfall and a cloudless dark velvet sky, a clear backdrop to sparkling crystals and a full moon that  looked over where villagers slept, snuggled in their beds where the only thoughts allowed were mystic dreams that swirled around peaceful minds and closed eyes. An idyllic place to be, oh were there more places like this in the world.

The only sounds were woodland nocturnal creatures as they came out from their resting places, braving the cold chill silently padding around making footsteps in the snow in their quest for food. 

Then, silently as it had arrived, the darkness began to fade. A fresh new dawn brought  the bright shining rebirth of sunrise. Church bells heralded the village inviting them together. Bidding welcome all. Sing Glory to the World. Peace and Goodwill to all men!

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Tantalizing Tuesday - 10 December: Class Act

It's Tuesday again so time for some tantalizing and teasing. A group of awesome writers have 200 words precisely and a self chosen picture to get inspired by. Please show some love by reading and commenting on some amazing work. This week I am ding something a little different. My contribution is called Class Act.
Teasers

Life is precious, savour every waking day

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Your trousers show your ankles

My socks don't even match

Yet we take pride in our appearances 

With hats covering any thin patch

Public wash rooms are where we get clean

A broken comb I drag through my hair

I wish your coat had more buttons

Though you say that you don't care.

It's the love that really matters

And we have so much to share

To be rich is loving each other

And knowing one another is there

We had to escape through the flames

That burned our old house down

Yet we managed to save our dignity

Though our other belongings were gone

It's just the two of us now

Yet together we manage to survive

With odd jobs buying our food

We try to stay alive

There is no regular home

No place to lay our head

So every night we search

To find a different bed

No money in our pockets

No need for finery and frills

Yet when we are pressed up close

That's when we remember our thrills

And we walk the streets together

Our lives in carrier bags packed

Still with true love for each other

Yes we're just one Class Act

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