Challenge
Challenge of Inspiration 4
Use the phrases below in a unique story or poem which begs a rejoinder of some kind from other Prosers. Responses need not be entered directly into the challenge--feel free to compose your response as a regular post, then put a link to it in the comments of the original piece so we can all find it. One winning original entry and one winning response entry will be blessed with a life-changing $10 prize! I know... it boggles the mind just to think on it. ______________Here are your challenge phrases: _______________ Fallen heroes, tempting fate, til it burns, in the eyes of strangers, like foreplay, for all the stars, torn apart, begging for mercy, Stairs of Valhalla, without a fight ____________ For clarity, when I say, "Bon chance, mes amis," that is NOT one of the phrases. **ahem** Bon chance, mes amis!
O Great Stars, Redeem Us
Caught inside, like foreplay;
trapped within a tempting fate,
stirring up a storm sparked
by songs out against their names
Fallen heroes
leaning ’gainst
their rusting swords
til it burns in the dark of day
Reliving the moment
their lives were torn apart,
betrayed by pretty words,
without a fight of brawn
Begging for mercy
in the eyes of strangers,
begging for death
inside their hearts
Begging for all the stars,
begging to closing hearts
to one day be taken in
by the Stairs of Valhalla
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