As she stood there by the door,
In her pretty Valentino gown.
A Gucci bag clung to her shoulders,
And Chanel perfume lingered in the air.
An extravagant lifestyle, is what she lived
The lavish culture of the elite class.
Who imagined,
That She would,
“Fall from grace“,
Reject the extravagance
For the essential “life”
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The prompt over at writer’s island this week is Extravagant, also they had the prompts of class and “falling from grace“, I tried to wrap all three in one.
Matt said
Wow. This is very nice imagery.
priyaiyer said
too good!
loved it.. i dont know what has happened to me, i am not able to think about the prompts at all.. 
anthonynorth said
And the essential life is far more fulfilling.
Excellently done.
Keith hillman said
What a neat and concise piece. I liked it very much
Robin said
Short and sweet and packed full of strong imagery. I like it.
Rebecca Reid said
sweet poem. I like it. Nice working in of all the prompts!
texasblu said
Well done Rambler! I wonder what her essential life entails?
whypaisley said
if rejecting extravagance is a fall from grace,, may humankind as we know it fall flat on its face….. very nice rambler….
SweetTalkingGuy said
The richer they come, the harder they fall! Perhaps?
chennairamblings said
This is lovely, extravagance has never given happiness, just a feeling of emptiness and a craving for more
neilina said
wow! Nice….Fall from grace, for the essential life. I just love these lines! Very lovely post!
Bless You! ~Namaste~
neilina said
But, one question…why you choose ’she’. ‘he’ can also be there?
rebecca said
sometimes we get so caught up in the material things in life we can or, for many, cannot afford, yet buy, that we forget how wonderful and liberating it can be to live a simple life. this was well done rambler.
DreamCatcher said
wonderful…somehow I ‘like’ her…sigh!
chennairamblings said
“extravagance and what constitutes it changes so much with time”
Perhaps what we see as extravagance today could become a necessity tomorrow, but the definition of extravagance would still be the same.
It still would remain something that is more for the sake of pomp and show rather than because we simply cannot do without it.
Today it could be that second car, tomorrow it could be that space trip we plan.
Sameera said
That was very well put!You did justice to the prompt
BlueMist said
Awesome but ironic
bluebutterfly said
well .. it was intresting .nice work …
short and deep !