WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a 100-word description of a newborn animal, without using the words:
Small
Soft
Young
Broken and confused
A frail body
Oggling at the world
Missing the warmth
Of the motherly womb
Scared of the new
Wishing to crawl back inside
Somewhere safe
Their home
Uttering a feeble sound
Unsure of how it came out
Longing for answers
Too questions they can’t yet ask
Wobbling legs
A limp shaking body
Wishing for relief
For everyone seems to be in awe
Its all feels so new
So sharp
Senses attacked
Stark contrast to their previous abode
Are we as humans
but glorified newborn animals
Forced into an environment
We do not long for?
Aren’t we both _broken_ and _confused_?