Locks

Weekly Challenges

Image of a lock.

Locks

Deadline

We keep lots of things behind locks. Imagine a character who keeps personal and quirky things behind imaginary locks, like the fact that they love to wear mismatched socks but because they are worried about other people's opinions, they only wear mismatched socks in the comfort of their own home. Write a poem or story about this character. Do they keep their mismatched socks to themselves or do they have an epiphany that the world would be a more beautiful and colorful place if they shared their quirks with everyone? [Photo by Georg Bommeli on Unsplash]

Submissions

  • She used to

    She used to smile.

    She used to laugh.

    She used to not care.

     

    She still smiled and laughed,

    but it wasn't real.

    She used to not care but then she did.

     

    When did it start?

  • Acceptance

    When we see flaws in ourselves

    we withdraw from society

    curl in on ourselves

    trying to hide from our insecurities.

    The thing is

    people struggle to understand

    that their faults are a part of themselves

  • What Did I Do Wrong?

    I am all alone. I have no friends. No one to talk to.

    Everyone says it’s my fault. What did I do wrong?

    People don’t want to be around me. They say I’m crazy.

    I am not crazy.