Red
For Ellie Hoovs' Wonderland Challenge - Day 3
A string of
Red lights
Dot the streets,
So many
I've worked
To change myself.
My own words
My own mind
My own psyche,
A smooth manipulator
A sly persuader
A savvy saboteur.
Flipping the switch
To punctuate
Blatant warnings,
The risks
-Criticism-
The hazards
-Rejection-
The doubts.
-Fear-
All flashing
Brightly
Holding me hostage,
A prisoner
Bound
By unseen shackles.
Until
A realization
A liberating thought:
Red
Can spell
Danger,
But it
Can also spell
Determination.
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Inspired by Ellie's Wonderland Challenge and the song "Red Lights" by Maximum Love (below)!
About the Creator
Alyssa Musso
A scientist by trade, but a creative at heart. One novel in progress with too many other ideas taking up space in my head. Some of those ideas end up here.
Instagram: @alyssa.n.mussowrites
My website! https://www.alyssamusso.com/
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Comments (29)
I appreciation how the form of the words is like a string of lights in a way. Thank you for sharing your work with us!
What a strange thing time is
Nice
Congrats on TS!
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Very good work, congrats 😊👏
Love this! Congratulations on the Top Story. ⚡♥️💕♥️⚡
Alyssa, congratulations on your top story, and best of luck to you in Ellie's challenge!
I feel connected to your poem and your story. Thank you for sharing with us.
Thanks for the inspiration to write
Congratulations, Alyssa! So happy to see this selected as a Top Story! Well-deserved!
So proud your prompt challenge poem won top story! I loved this entry so much!
Oh this was very creative. Using the stoplight for inspiration, carrying a message through the way it function, I quite enjoyed reading this. Outstanding! And congratulations on your Top Story 🎊🎉🎊
really simple one but great work and music preview was nice
Later I came to UNDERSTAND THE traffic LIGHT 🚥 THE last few seconds NOT urge US to RUN FASTER BUT remind US SHOULD STOP "REGRET NOT miss the best person, but meet the best PERSON, but use up the best SELF.
Great work!! Congratulations on your top story
Woohoo Alyssa!! Congrats on Top Story!!
RED LIGHTS It was good wordplay. I would be honored to do a remix. Just let me know.
And congratulations on the top story!
Absolutely loved this one.
Beautifully written, congrats on your top story!
Love, love, love those last lines, Alyssa! This is fantastic! So excited to see what you keep doing with these prompts! Feel like they allow a lot of flexibility and its cool to see what direction people go!
Love the almost personification of the color into this entity that holds you back from things - and then the flip at the end. lovely!
Nice script flip.