Beaten
Carla stepped into the sunlight as she had on a hundred other Monday mornings.
The bright beauty of the day was stark contrast to the terror she would experience once she completed the journey from school bus to classroom.
The brutality was relentless. She suffered in silence, no one aware of the battle scars she accumulated day after day.
Protection and safety were illusions. No suit of armor deflected the assaults. No knight came to her rescue.
She learned to believe the things they said. No one told her to shield her face from attacks on her own self-esteem.
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The Flash Fiction Challenge, hosted by lead buckaroo Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch, challenges writers to spin a tale in just 99 words.
This week’s prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that declares, shield your face. It can be a knight of old, a doctor, or a senior citizen. What is the circumstance? Who makes the declaration? Go where the prompt leads!
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Oh, my heart felt this character and her battles. What a profound way to use the prompt, Lisa!
My heart did too, Charli. Funny how they speak to us. Profound, eh? Wow. That’s a powerful bit of feedback. Thank you, Charli.