Challenge
Summer-into-Fall Prose. Wrap-up Challenge
In five haikus, tell a story about the cycle of life. Start with being born, then so forth. Because this is absorbing the entirety of all Prose. Challenges until October's start, we're giving the winner $250. Winner is decided by a combination of likes, and our panel. And...Go.
The Flame of Life
An ember wakens,
Breathing in the air of dreams,
Hope sparking the mind,
Consuming the wick,
An inferno of daring,
To know everything,
Yet knowing nothing,
And being alight with it,
Brightened, enlightened,
Amassing of coal,
Humdrum days of searing aches,
A melting of cogs,
Observing the glows,
Young flickers spare a glance to
Ashes in a jar.