Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #25: Write a piece about cowardice. Minimum 10 words - Maximum 250 words. 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.
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To Speak
Sometimes
The dam nearly overflows
Its waves swell to skyscrapers
Soaring among the stars
Challenging Heaven itself
Always
Pummeled by those icy claws
They fall, and fall, and fall, and fall
At the dam's great edge they plummet to silence
'Till the pool is still
Touching, but not reaching
Flowing, but not flooding
Swiftly
The smallest ripples fade as Time
Freezes all thoughts left behind
In lifeless glass their glories pass
Unwritten
Unspoken
Unfinished at last