The Many Sides of a Word

by The Starving Writer

Five vignettes, ranging from 100 to 500 words. An eddy in the river of dreams. A heart saturnine for what it's never felt. An unloved inamorata. A legerdemain with a secret he can't hide. An arguseyed watcher whose vision pierces time. COMPLETE.

1. Eddy

A/N: It seems once the drabble bug has bitten, it doesn't let go. So, in the vein of One Hundred in Twenty, I give you a collection of "Word of the Day" inspired vignettes.

Enjoy!

TSW

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Word 1: Eddy- a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, esp. one having a rotary or whirling motion.

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She's different than most girls. He can see it in her dreams. While so many seem to rush by in a monochromatic river, hers wind like bright ribbons, rebellious, swirling eddies in the mass.

There's nothing original about knights and castles. No, the difference lies after the sunrise. Because when other dreams have been reduced to shard of memory, when they've faded to bare, vague emotion, hers linger. They flourish even in her waking mind. The people live, the music plays, and roses grow on the hedges.

The day she joins the current will be the day the roses die.