Challenge
Challenge of the Month VIII
Running. You are (or your character is) running from something. Or running to something. Or maybe you just left the faucet running. The theme this month is running. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.
Legs
Runner’s legs, worn yet strong, lay on a table, rendered useless by infection. Beside them lies a State Champion of the 100-meter run, anesthesia in her lungs, but in her mind blazes the thrill of running. In reality lies a long journey of therapy and prosthetics, but she runs free, curves of steel her new winged shoes, the Paralympics her new finish line.
Her coach said, "Legs do not make the runner. Hurdles can be jumped and obstacles avoided but not without determination", and courage fills her dreams. So, as her parents mourn her passion, she runs, breaking the ribbon.