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Challenge of the Week CXI

A Grave Mistake. Write about a mistake. Perhaps grave, perhaps not so grave. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose.

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The Perfect Wife

She stared into the mirror at her beautifully painted face. Her perfect features enhanced by expertly applied makeup. The elegant dress she wore was so tight...too tight. She struggled to breath. That was all she really wanted, to be able to breath again. Was that so much to ask?

Her husband would be expecting her downstairs soon, to be the perfect hostess to their guests. His guests. After the dinner, and hours of their numblingly mindless chatter, he would almost certainly berate her for something she’d done wrong. She’d eaten too much. She hadn’t been engaged enough with their guests. She wasn’t being friendly enough. She was being too friendly...

God she just wanted to breath! In the mirror, a single black,wet streak stained the cheek of her otherwise immaculate face. She walked to her window and opened it to a burst of wonderfully fresh, crisp air. Gazing at the pavement far below her, she drew in a deep, magnificent breath.

Falling weightlessly, the wind in her hair, peace washed over her. She smiled. She was finally, truly free.

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Challenge of the Month IV: February

The Villain. Some villains may be innately evil. Others may be the product of unfortunate circumstance. Still others may simply be misunderstood - heroes willing to do the unsavory, but ultimately necessary deed. Tell the tale of a villain. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.

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Let Me In

I’ll rot you from the inside out

Bring my poison to your mouth

Sip by sip you’re sinking deep

There is no pain when you’re asleep

Drink me down or swallow me whole

Just let me in, I crave your soul

Hit rock bottom,or with me you’ll stay

Death may be your only way

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Loving when it hurts

Write a story or a poem about loving someone/what it feels like to love someone even though it hurts. Don't forget to tag me @chainedinshadow in the comments!

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Goodbye

The wind in your hair, the sun on your skin

These pleasures you won’t feel again

Cold, gray skies; tear stained cheeks

Passing through these days and weeks

All this time that you’ve been gone

The world insisted moving on

Your love and memories we saved

Concrete stone, your name ingraved

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Challenge of the Week CXI

A Grave Mistake. Write about a mistake. Perhaps grave, perhaps not so grave. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose.

Cover image for post Indelible Ink, by sandflea68

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Indelible Ink

Run, run, run, put me behind you

a line of ghosts leading

into the horizon

I am the mistake you made

I will not allow a retake

Run, run, run, put me behind you

I am etched forever on your skin

a vibrant red map of ‘it’s too late’

a dark foreboding shadow

following your trail in zig zags

Run, run, run, put me behind you

am I really the mistake

or are you the real illusion?

leading the way to no redemption

a two step tripping into the fog

Run, run, run, put me behind you

where no one will notice me

but you cannot escape

I remember what you did

you can never wash me off!

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