#BlogBattle: Intercept

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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.

Make sure to check back and read some of the stories of your fellow battlers. Leave comments to encourage these writers, and share each other’s stories!

 

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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…

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Responses

  1. aebranson Avatar

    Another beautiful piece of work, as deep as space and as thoughtful as … getting brain waves intercepted! Loved that ending!

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    1. jenanita01 Avatar

      Thank you so much…

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  2. Lisa R. Palmer Avatar

    Well done! Thought provoking and beautiful…

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    1. jenanita01 Avatar

      Thank you, Lisa…

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  4. justmuddlingthroughlife Avatar

    This is amazing, nice use of the word intercept.

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  5. Joshua Insole Avatar

    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. :)

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    1. jenanita01 Avatar

      Thank you, Joshua, for your lovely comments…

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  6. Doug Jacquier Avatar

    Glad no-one intercepted your expanding and contracting universe, Anita. Well done.

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    1. jenanita01 Avatar

      Glad you enjoyed it, Doug…

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  7. Leanne Avatar

    A very thought-provoking post, Anita :)

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    1. jenanita01 Avatar

      Thank you, Leanne…

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  9. […] Reader today and thought, “How fun!” It doesn’t appear that there are any strict rules except to have something by August 30th. My submission will have nothing to do with the image […]

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  10. Gary Avatar

    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!

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    1. Rachael Ritchey Avatar

      Haha Gary asked all the other questions. :) Lovely, thought-provoking poetry for the mind, Anita! Thank you. <3

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      1. jenanita01 Avatar

        Glad you liked it, Rachael…

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    2. jenanita01 Avatar

      I love your theories, Gary. Especially about them being quiet for a reason…

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      1. Gary Avatar

        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!

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        1. jenanita01 Avatar

          Anita loves it all, cannot get enough!

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          1. Gary Avatar

            Excellent…although I do have a sort of mechanoid to name in mine… might use Anita now 😂😂

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            1. jenanita01 Avatar

              Anita is flattered…

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  11. Mae Clair Avatar

    That one definitely makes the reader pause and think. I especially liked your close.
    Wonderful, Anita!

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