Thursday 18 February 2016

Paper


















When I was seven I lived in a paper house






I'd walk to my paper school every morning and into


my paper classroom


Never underestimate the benefits of a good 



quality paper school teacher



Mrs Grime 


taught me everything 

I knew and nothing that I didn't need to know 

She was the one that told me how to 

breath 

when Mum didn't come home 


That was the day I learned that paper cars 

are stupid 

because there's nothing 

to protect you when one paper car hits another paper car


That was the day the paper 

disappeared



and I stopped breathing












                                                                              (C) Ally Atherton 2016








100 words written for the 100 Word Challenge hosted by Tara Roberts

over at Thin Spiral Notebook.



Pop along and give it a go. it's not as easy as you think!



12 comments:

  1. oh wow. no words. just..wow.

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  2. You can write the most heartbreaking prose, and it completely takes you by surprise.

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  3. So powerful, as the simplest of things normally are. Your words stopped my breathing for a moment.

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  4. That was beautiful, but the ending hit like a punch to the gut. Gorgeous writing.

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  5. oh, Ally. Beautiful, heartbreaking piece. (and, thank you for your comment on my page)

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  6. oh, Ally. Beautiful, heartbreaking piece. (and, thank you for your comment on my page)

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  7. Totally not the direction I thought you would go. Intense!

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  8. So much pain and loss in so few words. Heartbreakingly beautiful.

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