CarmenWrites
A rather young writer thats simply looking for some practice and hopefully rewards!
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Challenge of the Month XI: December
The Unknown. Perhaps it's our purpose, or an obscure branch of theoretical physics. Maybe it's the existence of a supreme being, or the origin of life. Or maybe it's something more personal. Write about something unknown. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.
Leave them be.
D o you know the unknown?
O bviously you dont.
N obody knows the unknown.
T o be honest she would rather not be known.
F alling into a endless spiral thinking about him wont help.
E ventually we're all going to have to greet her face to face.
A ll living being's have to face death.
T hat's unknown.
I think that maybe we should leave him alone.
T that we should just enjoy what we have now.
Challenge
Prompt Time!
Let's have some fun! I will give a prompt and you guys do something deep with it! Make me say 'holy shit that's good'. You have 75 words to blow me away. Winner will be chosen by yours truly.
Here's the prompt:
Humans are cursed where every lie they tell creates a scar on their body. The bigger the lie, the bigger the scar.
Lying to them, and everybody else.
He lied
it was small at first. A small one on his arm,
Then it happend again.
and again
every single one left a tiny scar on his arm.
Somebody asked him about it
who wouldnt?
he lied.
He couldnt feel like this. He needed to man up
Boys dont get depression he told himself.
those cuts told other wise.
"are you okay? " they asked
" of course! " He said.
what a liar.