Challenge
Challenge of Inspiration 4
Use the phrases below in a unique story or poem which begs a rejoinder of some kind from other Prosers. Responses need not be entered directly into the challenge--feel free to compose your response as a regular post, then put a link to it in the comments of the original piece so we can all find it. One winning original entry and one winning response entry will be blessed with a life-changing $10 prize! I know... it boggles the mind just to think on it. ______________Here are your challenge phrases: _______________ Fallen heroes, tempting fate, til it burns, in the eyes of strangers, like foreplay, for all the stars, torn apart, begging for mercy, Stairs of Valhalla, without a fight ____________ For clarity, when I say, "Bon chance, mes amis," that is NOT one of the phrases. **ahem** Bon chance, mes amis!
Tell Me A Story
Tell me a story of fallen heroes,
Pleading and begging for mercy.
Tempting fate and pierced by arrows,
In the eyes of strangers unworthy.
Tell me a story of those soon to ascend,
The shining stairs of Valhalla.
Of many lives they did willingly spend,
For all the stars to recall.
Tell me a story without a fight,
With lover’s vows kept in their hearts.
Of desire, like foreplay into the night,
A love never lost nor torn apart.
Tell me a story til it burns forever,
In the hearts and minds of men.
Unfading eternally in memory,
A story never to end.