Author: Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

Carrot Ranch Literary Community and
Charli Mills
May 2, 2022 Story Challenge in 99 Words to the prompt word: EXTRACTION
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“You nervous?” Cheri asked.

“Extremely,” I answered, “Kyle’s supposed to be extracted from Afghanistan soon.”

“Why are medical places always so cold?”Cheri complained.

“I guess to keep the germs out,” I murmured.

“You alright?” Cheri asked.

“I’m really tense, but excited too.” I said.

“Miss Franklin, we’re ready for you now.”

A lady in pink sat me in a medical chair. A tall man in a white lab coat and easy smile, came in.

“Open wide then, let’s get those teeth extracted. Your fiancé’ll be surprised won’t he?” He asked.

I nodded, closed my eyes and opened wide.

By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

Lost
By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

I knew she was lost for all eternity, the moon and the planets had come into alignment, just as that old detective had warned me would happen.

I had not believed him, he was known to embellish his findings and foretelling’s with relish. The trail had gone cold, even before I had finished checking every street in four counties searching for her.

My beloved pet was gone, I’d never be able to make it without her. She was my companion, my helper, my assistance, my friend.

I sat on the old couch where she slept, completely devastated. That’s when the doorbell rang once, twice, three times before I could manage to get myself up and walk to the front door.

The detective stood on the other side of the heavy door, holding a box in one hand and his old police issue flashlight in the other. My heart sank, starring down at that loathsome box. Something white barely stuck out of the tipped up end he was holding.

“Open it,” he said quietly.

My hands shook, my imagination running wild with horrific images of my girl, somehow stuffed inside. I knew it was impossible, she was much too large; but the fear was stark and real.

We ended up sitting down together on my sweet pet’s couch, the box now resting on my lap. Slowly, I lifted the lid to find a tuft of her white fur taped crudely onto a piece of paper with little bits of cut out letters glued haphazardly together.

It was a ransom note!

By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

Three Things Challenge #950
Prompt hosted by pensitivity101
Your three words today are:
CROWD, BUSY, RUSH
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As the busy crowd rushes by
I stand alone
Watching the people come and go

Unable to be them or join them
I wonder why
As the busy crowd rushes by

Perhaps if I rush as they do
If only I could
They would see me here all alone

Moving away from the busy crowd
Nobody sees me
Perhaps if I rush as they do

By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

2022 April Poem-A-Day Challenge For today’s prompt, write a moving on poem. Posted by ROBERT LEE BREWER

carrying you within myself
terrifyingly secure within me
first kick let me know you were there

many kicks more until then
your time to enter this new world
arriving just fine and exactly on time

just now I looked up to see
a young man all grown now on his own without me not needing a mom

so it’s time to move on and let go

Just to share and get a smile! 😊

By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

In response to Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing prompt #257 LUMINOUS
The challenge is to write a poem or a piece of prose in exactly 30 words using the word “Luminous.”

Luminous is the bright flickering
candle’s flame in the window
guiding you home to me

Luminosity fills our hearts
full of compassion and care
lights the flame of our lives

By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

The front door opens
you walk through
your back straight
much stronger than
I am

Another goodbye
fingers trail together
puppy frets in the back
you navigate out of
my driveway

Sun glints off the cab
of your new pick-up truck
hiding tears of your leaving
in the backseat your little
puppy’s whining

She just like me does not
want you to leave to stay
here for good would
be heaven

Laying here in my bed
alone and so cold
thinking about who
you are with now
heart hurting

Wondering how long
it will be until you are
back here with me
and as happy again as
I am

By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

In response to Story Challenge in 99 Words – Hosted by
The Carrot Ranch Literary Community April 25, 2022

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They’re up and away. Old, young, professionals, the sick. All of them were innocent, including her.

What would they think if they knew what she’d done? What would they do? It truly was an innocent mistake, but that was no excuse. She was a grown woman, an adult. She should never have let it happen. But she did.

She watched the mass escape, beautifully terrifying against the clear azure sky of her homeland. How many would make it?

She hefted her backpack. Setting out on foot, following the balloons; wondering if she’d make it and if she wanted to.

By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

In response to Reena’s Exploration Challenge April 29 by rugby843

Upon the plate lay many things
my eyes could not perceive
Round and raw is what I saw

Beside the plate lay two long sticks lovely wooden pieces for my hair
To cool my neck I twisted up

My long curly hair upon
the top of my head and slid
the sticks deftly into my locks

Then a gasp arose within the place
a scream from the kitchen ensued
Patrons stood to see the ruckus there

Sadly I can not say how dinner
was that day as I was promptly
asked to leave the establishment

Fear not though as all is well the sticks I did retrieve and use them daily in my long gray hair