Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #20: Write a three sentence story about desire. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
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Barren Desire
Every 28 days, like clockwork, you punish me for every missed opportunity, for not giving you want you want, what you need. You plan it all out, no detail overlooked, every part of you is ready: the mind prepared to teach, arms strong enough to embrace and lift up, lips primed to speak gentle words, and a heart so full, so willing, it strains. You wait, anticipate, like a child on Christmas eve dreaming of the bliss to come, but Christmas never comes; we are both left wanting and time is waning.