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Prose Challenge of the Week #33: Write a piece about your deepest secrets. Poetry or Prose. 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
MattsWriting

Alas

Ah, alas, the temptation to share the darkest secrets that I own.

The prodding to unveil the truths so hidden in misery and madness that they now only wear a semblance of reality.

And there is my bubbling desire; a desire tumid with twisted and alien truths. Truths that more closely resemble fantasy that reality. Truths that look more like monsters than animals. Truths that look more like demons than man.

And weighing those alien truths in my mind, I realize that the animals they once were are gone. They have left, in fiery stampede, slowly but rapidly.

And now I am left with the demons. The dark secrets that wander the deep regions of my mind. Now I am left without wonder or reality. Now I am left unable to conjure those secrets for their seekers.

I can only conjure demons, monsters, misery, and madness. I can only conjure secrets, agony, and anguish. I can only conjure sorrow and sadness.

So we’ll let the demons stay in darkness and the monsters in my mind. Maybe I’ll try and conjure the secrets some other time.

And while we wait, we’ll let the demons transform into the monsters of demons. The darkness into the shadow of the dark. I see no other option.

Let us wait.