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.
75 reads
The Biggest Lie
I had joined the military. Every man and woman showed scars from their lies. But the major had one from his ear to his hip. So deep that it hugged around his spine. In the heat of battle, I was shot in the chest. Crying out, I fell. I reached up clinging to life, then I saw the Major at my side. As I lay dying, he whispered, “It’s going to be alright.”