I’ve been forgetting to try the 5-Sentence Fiction challenge the last couple of weeks. And I’m almost too late this time around. The page says I have only about 3 hours left. The prompt this week is “Marriage,” and since I’m watching the clock, I ran to my poetry file because I remembered a poem I wrote about a year ago that had just about enough material for five sentences. The only problem was that I didn’t use sentences at all in that poem. So I borrowed the material (from my own work) and added the necessary subjects and verbs to give me five complete sentences. Whew! It’s been almost as hectic as actually getting married. My “story” is below the picture.
ANTICIPATION
Coming and going, to-ing and fro-ing, thoughts in a dither, stomach a quiver, I’m scared.
Scurrying, worrying, phoning, conversing, weighing last doubts, I still could bow out if I dared.
Checking all pockets, fastening lockets, sniffing the bouquets – fragrant sublime haze – I’m okay.
Guests in their places, smiles on their faces, music at high tide, “Here Comes the Bride”: IT’S MY WEDDING DAY!
HOORAY!
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The Happy Wordcrafter 
The flow is my type of read and clever it is .. like it a lot……
Thank you, Gerry. It was a race with the clock on this one, but it was fun.
REALLY liked this! Thanks for stopping by my blog…
I’m glad you liked it. It was truly a race with the clock. Thank you.
That’s a lovely one..
Thank you. I appreciate your taking the time to read it and comment.
Absolutely lovely Sandra!
Thank you. It was such a race with the clock that I don’t think I could have done it if I hadn’t had the old poem to draw from.
I really liked this. I look forward to reading more of your Five Sentence Fiction stories.
Thank you. I don’t think I’ve done any others except the one using the word “door.” But I’m going to try and do more. There’s just so many things I want to participate in and so little “free” time to do it.
I can relate. Sometimes I have to say just stop and shut the computer down.
Always good to see a poem on Five Sentence Fiction. It looks like you had some fun with this!
Wonderful how you were able to mesh this charming poem with the topic and format.
Thanks, Dawn. It was definitely a race against time.