Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #34: Use the following sentence within a piece of poetry or prose. “We all bleed the same.” 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
bittersweet distant past
Pencil on paper
Just lying flat unmoving
On that table we once kissed
The air stands still in black and grey
So many things I cannot say
The door of my past creaks
Eerie
I enter with clenched fists
So many painful things
Many don't know
Exactly how deep he hurt me
Like an ocean it devours
The pain keeps me from breathing
I resurface
I can
But soon I drown again
Sure I've healed
Time sure heals
But the trauma remains
Rejection
Ignorance
A feeling I can't just forget
Because my mind recalls
My body remembers
A cut at a time
Sometimes I wonder if
We all bleed the same