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A Thousand Bulbs

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See.
Here’s where the image took me.

© Sunira Moses @ Unsplash

Dark water holds the light
like secrets,
each ripple strikes a match,
a scattered chandelier
with no ceiling, no cord,
just the sun
spending itself recklessly
across the waves.

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This is “The Shining Sea” by Tony Bennett

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6 thoughts on “A Thousand Bulbs”

  1. A creative prompt-inspired piece—written in response to Sadje’s What Do You See? challenge, allowing an image to spark imagination, interpretation, and storytelling. 🎨✨📖

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  2. How lovely Nance a fantastic job of capturing the fluid, unpredictable nature of light on water – lovely song choice he was one of my mother’s favourite singers ❤️

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