August 2019 Blog Battle
Our word this month is:
INTERCEPT
You can start writing at any time, but make sure you post your story by the 30th of the month to have your story shared here and on social media.
Once you’ve posted your story to your blog, put a link to it in the comments section, and we’ll add your story to the Battle Stories Line-up post.
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Intercept
Against the dark blackness of space, stars collide
Violent collisions occur throughout the universe
Is it by design, or did some strange force intercept their original pathway?
A work in progress, rather than a blueprint to work from
Constantly changing, developing new worlds
There are too many mysteries yet to be answered
Such as why did nothing intercept our development
Why are we the only planet with thinking bodies on it?
There are greater minds than mine,
who could answer the many questions in my head?
Where thought gets interrupted, leaving me to wonder
what would have happened if our original pathway had been intercepted.
Some would say, that everything changes.
I still wonder, are we in the right place, the right frame of mind
Did someone or something intercept my brain waves
before I picked up the pen?
For this is not what I meant to write…
Another beautiful piece of work, as deep as space and as thoughtful as … getting brain waves intercepted! Loved that ending!
Thank you so much…
Well done! Thought provoking and beautiful…
Thank you, Lisa…
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This is amazing, nice use of the word intercept.
Thank you…
This was really beautiful, and extremely profound! It reminded me a little bit of Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’ monologue. A really enjoyable piece, thank you for sharing it with us. 🙂
Thank you, Joshua, for your lovely comments…
Glad no-one intercepted your expanding and contracting universe, Anita. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it, Doug…
A very thought-provoking post, Anita 🙂
Thank you, Leanne…
How fun Anita! Here’s my entry.
https://readandwritehere.wordpress.com/2019/08/07/august-2019-blog-battle-intercept/
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Like the ending as I often find digression pulls the writing awry and into new places. Almost a philosophical set of thoughts here. Close to my own ponders upon the cosmos… but nothing intercepting our development… do the five previous mass extinctions count as intercepts? Without those then would we be here to develop? Or even the quirks of our solar system with collisions and destruction…was each an intercept to create earth where it is?
Then the wider cosmos with its seemingly infinite space…are we really the only sentient species or have civilisations risen and disintegrated before our solar system even came into being? Are they there and quiet for a reason…hmm there’s a sci-fi prompt for you!
Great posts often make readers think and this has just done that! Excellent entry ladies once again!
Haha Gary asked all the other questions. 🙂 Lovely, thought-provoking poetry for the mind, Anita! Thank you. <3
Glad you liked it, Rachael…
I love your theories, Gary. Especially about them being quiet for a reason…
Ha, ha! I could discuss this topic all day long as it fits my philosophical pondering very well. Imagine it though…there they are being quiet because it’s wise and here we are broadcasting like anything. Any off world astronomers could be just shaking their heads, or whatever equivalent appendage, sadly ruing our naivety… hmm, still has prompt mileage there for the sci-fi gurus!
Anita loves it all, cannot get enough!
Excellent…although I do have a sort of mechanoid to name in mine… might use Anita now 😂😂
Anita is flattered…
That one definitely makes the reader pause and think. I especially liked your close.
Wonderful, Anita!
Thanks, Mae…
ANOTHER GREAT BLOG, CHINA