Okay, one more for the Carrot Ranch challenge:the July 16, 2020, prompt from Carrot Ranch Literary Community: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that expresses the phrase, “scream inside your heart.” Who is involved and why is the scream contained? Go where the prompt leads!
Makeup D. Avery
Mother is a proper lady. Me too. We always dress nice. And we never raise our voices.
Mother wears makeup and lipstick that makes her even more pretty. I’m too young for that makeup. Sometimes Mother uses makeup that covers where her skin is blue and yellow. I told her once that makeup makes me angry. What he does. She said shush, never mind.
I was sad then. Shush, don’t make a scene, she said.
Today I got to use that covering makeup. I’m scared. I scream inside my heart, so quietly no one sees my heart is breaking.
This one makes me sad.
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Yeah, but I wrote it anyway. Might have to write something else where the screaming and yelling is not repressed. ROAR!
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Glad you DID write and share this.
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Thanks.
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This is very sad.
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Yes. Makes me glad I’m no proper lady.
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Oh dear. This is very sad. If only she could break the cycle. Mum needs to be empowered and find her voice.
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Yep. They need to back it up to where she feels angry. Start there. You know it can’t end well when it begins with never raising a voice.
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I cry inside at the thought.
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True in too many cases. (K)
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Yes, sadly, it is.
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Sad but a story that needs to be told to break cycles.
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