Challenge
Challenge of the Month VI: April
Something to Lose. What does it feel like to cherish something or someone with every fiber of your being? Is it terrifying, as though any second it could disappear? Or is it a source of comfort, solid ground to stand on, an anchor? Write about having something to lose. $100 purse to the winner. The best entries will be shared with publishers. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose.
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Sometimes sympathy is not enough
Shall I share with you his final moments?
His weakness, when we needed strength
His absence, when we needed him the most?
Everyone has the same story
Maybe not today, but certainly tomorrow.
And everyone offers the same consolation
"I know how you feel"
Because living means losing
And learning to carry on
But you will never have my memories
You can offer me one hundred dollars
Or one hundred lilies
And one hundred tears
I say to you, keep those for yourself
Tomorrow you will need them all.
What I've lost is mine alone
And it's not for sale.