Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #25: Write a piece about cowardice. Minimum 10 words - Maximum 250 words. 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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The Forgiven
Drop of the gavel, judgement served.
With closed eyes, facts observed.
A coward, he was, by word of mouth.
Never was a timely drouth.
Simple man of simple sin.
Of kind that most let sleep within.
Took his own, the life bestowed.
How this makes a man a coward?
I do not know.