Challenge
July 2024 Drabble Challenge: In Dependence
Using prose and exactly 100 words, tell me a story about a dependency. Interpret how you will, but please use standard punctuation, spacing, grammar, and spelling. Winner gets a little prize; I will read all entries and choose a victor in August. There is no need to tag me. Let's see some creativity!
Dependence on striving
Performance, an addictive striving for something greater. Mine never came from a need to be "better". Performance was the only way to find love in my home. So I slaved night and day, I studied away, never feeling it made me feel whole. "Do better, try harder, you'll never be enough". So I dug deeper, outperforming, only grinding myself to the bone. Somehow, I felt alone, not lovable, not whole. If you only do better maybe they will "see" the real you, the inner child calls. Instead it leaves me solo, with the screaming cacophony of my insecurities's calls .
5
0
0