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.
Betrayal
The stab in the back is the easiest
At least in the immediate instant
Empty
First, a moment of no consequence
The previous unfathomable curiosity slowly being answered
Will the blood spurt?
Will the odor reek?
Will the thirst linger?
Will the hand stop shaking?
Upon the execution
Of this only known solution
Will the heart be finally satisfied?
Next, the activation of the senses
Of normalcy
The air is suddenly breezy
The soul is suddenly cold
Earth, o how solid
This is not the other world
Finally, the most hateful of all
Reason
The arrows of logic that shot through the mind
Neon streaks upon their wake
Clarity in its silence
Only,
The expected answer
Had spouted more confusion.
Get me out of here.
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