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Prose Challenge of the Week #24: Using a minimum word count of 10, maximum word count of 250, Write a piece about GREED. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
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Samantha

SOLOIST...

When I was younger, all I wanted was love!

His words still hurt, the one I tried to keep

Love is cruel, the pain too deep

Greed has become essential,

Oh this time I will reap!

She can’t have you, you are mine alone!

Lord knows I deserve you, and I will let you see it

But before I knew it, you were gone,

I thought;

Hold him while he slips but;

My quest for the good things of life

Would leave me in a vain circle,

Of soloists;

Having too much,

In a world were people are dying

I’m surviving...

Alone!

A hole in my heart but heck my bank account overflowing

Maybe now I will sleep well at night,

Oh now I can comfort myself!

But no, tears still are my best friends

My sobs are still my favourite songs

Neither accompanied by any musical instrument,

I am a soloist!

My cup overflows but yet even from the ones that drip

the earth does not deserve a sip;

Having yet Needing

Satisfied yet empty!

My possessions and money only

leaves a bitter taste in my mouth now;

Loneliness my only true companion,

I am a soloist!