Grown

Weekly Challenges

Grown

Deadline

Write a poem or story about someone coming to terms with how different they are from their younger self. How do they learn to accept the fact? ["Vivid Hazel" by Myra_P_Rocke0977, YWP]

Submissions

  • Little Girl

     My little girl's body ran after wild animals, not caring about if I had to look cool or if I got all sweaty. Now I check my hair before going out and make sure I spray my perfume too many times to hide the smell of sweat or odor.

  • Growing Pains

    Growing up isn't something you enjoy

    Unless you're, like,

    Five,

    And the world is still golden,

    And you can't see

    The hourglass

    And the grains of sand

    Falling

    Falling