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 โAm I really feeling?โ And some days it doesnโt feel like Iโm thinking either. Some days feel like float, watch, and others feel like float, watch, think.
But Iโm always floating, even when all I want is to crash down.
And Iโm always watching, watching the blobs of colour and the shells that carry them. Iโm watching for a blob of colour with no shell. And maybe itโs 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 canโt stop.
But I feel so full and happy. I donโt even register when I hit the ground.
My prayers have been answered. I have finally crashed down.