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.