Greetings fellow Steemians! Here is my 34th 5 minute freewrite. The prompt is: "fool".

(This piece ACTUALLY ONLY took me 5 minutes to write! Finding the image took a lot longer... and it still isn't the one I wanted. Ah well. 5 minutes! I did it!)

Freewriting is a daily practice for most poets and fiction writers, designed to loosen up and get things flowing, like stretching before exercise. Visual artists, especially those who draw or paint from life (figures, landscapes, still lives, etc) do something similar in "gesture drawings". After reading several of @poetrybyjeremy's freewrite posts, I got excited to try these again. Many thanks to @mariannewest for hosting this daily freewrite!
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-164-5-minute-freewrite-sunday-prompt-fool

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In the card
He looks so brave

No

Not brave
Bravery requires caution
An awareness of danger

Bravery is listening
To the still small voice of fear
Taking its hand
Walking with it
Along the edge of the cliff

One eye on the path ahead
One on the abyss.

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