Challenge
Challenge of the Week CCXXIX
Write a short piece about a narrow escape. Story or poem. 25 big, fat bucks to the winner. Go.
Descent
There's a girl who would dream of sitting on a cloud
So she could look down and watch the world pass by.
Because the voices around her were deafeningly loud
And it would be quiet alone in the sky.
And the girl got her wish and looked down at the earth,
And in the absence of sound, her head began to pound
Without any tethers, she questioned her worth.
So she screamed just to hear another sound.
And her cry became the thunder,
And her tears fell down as rain,
And they threatened to pull her under
Unless she'd live again.
And so she had no choice but to let herself fall,
Back to the noise and work and pain
Because alone in her storm with no one to call,
She could only hope to get lost in the rain.
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