Gossamer, I float across the page
pining for the spotlight.
Undulating hips, lusting lips,
aberrant thoughts in my head.
A cacophony of competing to-dos.
Some heinous,
some just a flutter in the wind.
I shall skewer the best of them.
Heave aside the most quiet,
most puritanical.
I shall be scalding hot.
A concoction of beauty,
assertiveness and sultry too.
It is the new me.
Can you see me strutting across the page?

An explanation! I am on day 31 of prompts from the book The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for Inspired Life. It is all about daily journaling. Each day includes one writer’s thoughts about a topic and then a prompt to use for a journal writing that day.

Today the prompt is to try on another personna. Throw in a Thesaurus and strut across the page! The words in italics are the ones my finger landed on, flipping through my Thesaurus of the Senses: a Tool for Writers, Teachers, Students and Word Lovers by Linda Hart.

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