WRITING OBSTACLE
Choose an inanimate object. Describe it to your readers as though it is a living being.
Consider the progression of this story, and whether you will reveal to your readers the true nature of the item you chose. Build suspense and curiosity.
It It It It It It It It
It smiled
It laughed
It cried
It was happy
It used to do all that
It used to do even more
But now it doesn’t
Screams drowned out by its demons
Demons killed with a precise slash of its blade
It holds no remorse
It has no pity
The only thing it can do
Is be
It doesn’t know how
It doesn’t know what
It’s only the now
And instincts
That it truly understands
No human emotions
No glee
And that folks
Is me