WRITING OBSTACLE

Submitted by lanie

Write a story, poem, or paragraph, personifying a creaky floorboard in an old house.

Remember this doesn't mean you have to write from its perspective, but give it human characteristics.

That Stair

I learned of the board when I was three

Jumping each step to the first floor.

“Listen, Mommy!” I shouted with glee

And of course stomped on it once more.


At sixteen I avoided that fifth step

Creeping out when the house was asleep.

Walking on the very edge made me very adept,

Just like the lies my sister promised to keep.


I still live in that house but I am old now

And slowly maneuver those old stairs.

The ancient creak sounds like an old sick cow

But I love the memories of youthful dares.

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