WRITING OBSTACLE

Inspired by Lou

Describe the colour of a character's soul.

You do not have to tell the reader who the character is; focus on description and metaphor.

The Colours

Everywhere I look I see colours. Bright colours, dark colours, saturated colours, desaturated colours. But I can never seem to find my own colour.


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Through the air.

As I watch these people go about their business. I float, and I watch, and I think, and I feel. Float, watch, think, feel. But some days I think to myself โ€œAm I really feeling?โ€ And some days it doesnโ€™t feel like Iโ€™m thinking either. Some days feel like float, watch, and others feel like float, watch, think.

But Iโ€™m always floating, even when all I want is to crash down.

And Iโ€™m always watching, watching the blobs of colour and the shells that carry them. Iโ€™m watching for a blob of colour with no shell. And maybe itโ€™s watching for a shell with no colour.


Today I float and watch.

Yesterday I float, watch, feel.

Tomorrow I float, watch, think.


But most days I just float, watch.


I float without thinking and watch without feeling. I am an empty shell, watching what could be instead of what is.


Today I float, watch, think.

And today I think I see a colour.

I think I see a colour with no shell.

Today I float, watch, think and feel.

I feel my heart beating for the first time.

I feel my lungs expand searching for oxygen.

I feel, myself. And when I look down I see a colour so rich, so stunning. I feel myself fall.

I fall down,

Down

Down.

And I canโ€™t stop.

But I feel so full and happy. I donโ€™t even register when I hit the ground.

My prayers have been answered. I have finally crashed down.

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