100 Word Challenge Week #46

Julia’s 100 word challenge – the phrase for this week is:  “… in the dark recess of my mind …”  As usual we have 100 words to add to these 7 making 107 altogether.

Here’s my piece – The Trunk

I buried it in the trunk, the one I keep in the dark recess of my mind for just such an occasion.  The trunk, with metal clasps and leather straps, is sturdy and secure … but it wouldn’t hold this.  Space wasn’t a problem; after all, the trunk is as big as it needs to be.  No, I kept digging it out and looking at it.  I held it up close and peered into its depths, and I scrutinized it from afar, yet it still would not reveal its secrets.  I dissected it into fractured shards only to find I couldn’t reassemble it in any pleasing way. – 107 words