Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #33: Write a piece about your deepest secrets. Poetry or Prose. 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
Hidden deep within my skin,
Is a truth, I hold within.
Inked in black upon my bone,
A spreading plague, I won't let go.
Boring farther into marrow,
Stalagmites forming, destroying 'morrow.
Close my eyes, clench my chest,
Swallow it down, there is nothing left.
Candle waning before the dawn,
Surrounded by darkness, before too long.
Carry this burden to my grave,
Which is digging itself deeper, every day.