Challenge
Challenge of the Week CLXIX
Stress. For some, it's an ally, a critical force of survival. For others, it's precisely the opposite. Write about stress, or a stressful situation. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose.
Unbound Future
Curls burn
leaving risks in my footsteps.
Three cheers for my unpolished stance –
I’ve gone mudding in my ancestor’s field.
It’s a dusty outward existence –
no cable
no wings
no choice.
My curls hit the earth
on crumpled daily news.
They blanket my reach with fear of public failure.
Dip a toe in the salty future
because tardy acts trail in brake lights.
Smile
with eyes that hydrate
and nervous giggles that collect in the drain.
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