Successful Avoidance

Fear of Success by Maria L. Berg 2024

These are my responses to the Writober prompt post Sounds of Words: Euphony.

OctPoWriMo

Fear of Success

Each mile reached
only rolls out another
levels climbed reveal
a higher plateau
stars do not shine brighter
twinkling echoes of light
snuffed out long ago
The only way to break the circle
to loose the tail from the fang
is to never aim
or learn to play
the game

Writober Flash Fiction

Fear of Success

“If we succeed, the world will never be the same,” Nala said as she stepped onto the platform.

“Nala stop! Don’t do it!”

She saw herself, black spots swirling over her orange and red panicked face, racing from the teleportation destination platform yelling, but she had already pressed the button.

Halloween Photography Challenge

For today’s image I thought of success as a rising star and bright lights, so I used a star-shaped filter in the mirrorworld with a flash and camera movement.

Happy Writober!

See you tomorrow!

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