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WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a story or poem about finding your way that makes use of an extended metaphor.
An extended metaphor is one where you continue to use its imagery and associations beyond the first instance.
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Have I lost my voice?
I call out your name.
You say to be quiet,
But you’d never betray.
Right?
You argue for what you believe
As I listen with full attention.
I try to speak, but you won’t perceive
As I reason against contention.
Maybe I’m wrong.
Maybe you’re right.
But that doesn’t mean you should ignore my plight.
Guess that’s it.
Guess I’m done.
I can’t keep running from ea...
Cogs turning and engine thrumming
Thick skull churning and body pulsing
Finally you have awoken
You machine body
You falsified being.
Metallic skin
And metronome heartbeat
Keep on whirring
Keep on churning
You animated thing.
You are nothing
But the crafted muse of your maker
A perfect engine operated to never fail
To never falter in your step.
So jump for me
Clap for me
It is only by...
Don’t look down
Don’t look behind
You will be more scared
Then the first time
Your greatest fear
Your largest lie
Will creep right back
If you give it time
Climb that wall
Straight up to the sky
Don’t give up
Don’t comply
This fear of heights
Restricts your life
Brings you down
Confines your mind
Don’t let it win
Don’t let it decide
This is your show
Run your own life...
What if the impossible wasn’t quite so far out of reach after all?
By that I guess I mean, what if every possible future is sitting atop a shelf, and fate rests in the hands of your own - quite literally which future will you stretch your hands towards claiming? Maybe the path past taken rests right up front. Easy to grab without much effort. But it’s not as if the simplest choice is your on...
As moments of emotion
surpass reality.
We realize we’re all
just evaporated shells,
of our former selves;
come one come all to see...
Where sometimes life,
twists the fates.
Begrudgingly in forsake.
A cruel slice of entertainment,
for wandering eyes to awe.
Poor souls, begging for comfort.
In a world designed to see us fall...
It isn’t a pleasantry,
and certainly not a joke.
As our ...
He was a splinter in her thoughts. She tried to forget him completely but with every thought he wedged in further and further. Every text wasn’t enough to sway her to reply but yet it every text reminded of her the peace and happiness he brought her soul. All she wanted to do was forget him and yet sharp jabs of pain pierced her soul when she thought of him....
“Chaos is a friend of mine.” - Bob Dylan
When the door slid open, I hesitated before stepping off the elevator into the basement. The day had not gone as expected.
While meeting with the transition team things had gone awry. All of our productivity had been reduced to finger pointing and a few expletive filled rants. It sealed my fate. Evicted from the proceedings, I was escorted from the ...
My path is unclear
Guarded by the clouds
Inside my brain
Sometimes I dance across the sky
My head full of iridescent nacreous clouds
Kaleidoscopic
With an air of certainty hanging around me
I know my purpose
And I intend to fulfill it
Yet those moments are rare
And hopelessly optimistic
Sometimes I am numb
My thoughts blurry with dull altostratus
I drift aimlessly
Monotonous and unfeeling
Indeci...
Climbing the mountain
Hiking up its trails
Swimming in its rivers
Slipping on mud
And tumbling down
But regaining your footing
And continuing your journey
Acquiring a pebble in your shoe
So you calmly sit down and extract it
Or you get so angry with this annoying little rock
That you completely throw your shoe off the mountain
And you walk in shoeless.
You never reach the top of the mountain
...
Traveling is fun but dangerous
Not being prepared is outrageous
Like stepping outside in the rain
And losing something in the drain
And after you try to get it out
You absolutely regret it without a doubt
But…
It could be fun to see new things
Like a bird spreading its wings
And flying to see a new perspective
Seeking out a new Objective
And when you find it and land
You’ll be glad you planned...
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