Oh, interesting comment! I hadn't looked at it like that but I see what you mean. To me, it seemed one of those prompts that tells the story for you and I was just attempting to subvert that by taking an unusual line. They addressed me as the father, so I thought about how I'd feel as the father and expressed that, at the same time avoiding having to continue a story in which the punchline has already been stolen by the prompt.
As regards mystery, that comes of having only one half of a conversation - we never hear what the daughter is saying and have to work that out for ourselves. ;)
LOL, Blueyez, I can't deny the thought of WDC crossed my mind as I was writing this. But typos are sent to plague me. No matter how many times I edit, there's always at least one that slips through.
The blackened tree
with heart charred by the strike
of nature’s electric fury
forlorn and bitter
to be chosen
by random fate
separated now
from the thread of ancestry.
Line count: 8
Free verse
For Cards Against Authors, Week 5 Prompt
Prompt Card: A withered tree.
Word Cards: Thread, Bitter.
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