Thank you! I’m so glad you wrote something :) this is beautiful! I love the ongoing metaphor of the puppet! I will post it on the Instagram story as we’re now on a new prompt . Are you on Instagram? If so you can send me your responses on there in future! Or reply by email if you’re a subscriber. Thanks again! And please do send me your handle if you’re on there.
My name I find most times, is a string where I am a marionette.
Just like most marionettes, I have more than one string
My most prominent string sounds most regal
when pulled, it sits me up- shoulders straight, polite smile in place, ready to perform
Unlike most marionettes, save for Pinocchio
My other strings are mine to give away
To users I trust to be gentle
In their hands, these strings feel less like control and more like an invitation
An invitation to rest easy,
To launch into an endless dissertation of thoughts held close to my chest
Or be completely silent
To throw my head back and squeal with laughter
Or bawl my eyes out
To dance without a care in the world
Or to be still, barely present behind my eyes.
"A real boy" you say, eh Pinocchio?
One day perhaps
For now I am simply a distributor of strings
A job I do not take lightly
Finally responding to the prompt, better late than never lool
Thank you! I’m so glad you wrote something :) this is beautiful! I love the ongoing metaphor of the puppet! I will post it on the Instagram story as we’re now on a new prompt . Are you on Instagram? If so you can send me your responses on there in future! Or reply by email if you’re a subscriber. Thanks again! And please do send me your handle if you’re on there.
I am on instagram but I currently enjoy the anonimity (big grammar for saying I'm shy lol). I should be able to reply by email for the next one
Aww haha I understand! Okay we’ll guard your identity!lol. But thanks so much for responding- love your piece!
I love this, particularly the resolve to no longer move out of the way.
Thank you so much! Yes, I realised that my name was a way of asserting myself!