Challenge
Challenge of the Month V: March
Close Encounter. A gunshot wound barely survived. A disease in fateful remission. A reaper, narrowly evaded. Write about a close encounter with death. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose.
Not Yours
I glance at the cracked reflection of
the girl in the glass.
Her eyes are brimming with pain
She winces at the bruises
and the marks of his fingers
the scratches and the scars
where he pressed his mark
claiming what was hers
as his own.
She has seen pain that no others have.
The grim reaper called
But told her
He lifted you up into my arms
But I refused to accept his gift
You have too much to live for.
I stare at this girl
But I don’t see myself
I see a corpse
staring back into my eyes
There,
She’s gone.
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