Prompt 3 {The Vessel}
Today's prompt asks me to write about a ship. I choose that great mysterious nonsensical ship. The relation-ship. It was not until I thought about what to write and then considered that word ship that I came to realize that "relation"-"ships" are nothing more than vessels we cast ourselves away in as defence against the bewildering events of life. As a side note, I have become both aware of and comfortable with a fact which might alarm a sensible person, that I have missed the importance and meaning of almost all of life's occurrences, its comings and goings. Anyway back to ships…if you steady yourself for a long journey into the unknown it is best perhaps that one pack a sufficient number of socks and pairs of underwear. Check the inventory of necessities you have at the ready. All packed? Good. Setting off alone, are we? Hmmm. It is at this point in the journey that if you are at all like me then I suspect no matter how many pairs of undies and socks a...