Microdosing Fiction - 90mg of a Cycle
Write 90 words based on the word: Cycle
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Our prompt for today is CYCLE
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The poisonous clouds of sulfur clogged his airways. Every move ripped his flesh to shreds against the mountain’s teeth. The pull of the place below him—scorching yet freezing—was growing weaker here.
Just a few feet. The sun and blue sky were already visible. One more pull and… slip.
The bowels of hell welcomed him back with open arms. The shadows laughed at him. You’re never going to get out of here,… echoed in the everlasting darkness.
He grits his teeth, forcing his broken body to reach out for the stone mountain’s wall.
Slip. Fall. Again.
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I wasn't good with anger. It flooded my brain, burning like fire. Only headbanging quenched it. It was only a matter of time before something broke, but I couldn't help myself.
We fought and I fled. My husband followed, and saw my head bouncing off the countertop. Before I could strike again, he pulled me close, his tears wet against my neck.
"Honey, please stop," he pleaded. "We'll find a different way. C'mon, let's talk."
As he led me away from danger, I realized I needed to break the cycle.
The cycle leans against a crumbling wall, its frame speckled with rust, tires deflated, forgotten.
Once, it soared over mountains, chased the wind, carried its rider to victory. Crowds had cheered, champagne had flowed. It had been unstoppable.
Now, its chain sags, spokes creak in the breeze. No hands touch its handlebars, no feet push its pedals.
Memories fade. Glory turns to dust.
Like an old racehorse left in a broken stable, it waits—useless, discarded.
One day, when the wind finally snaps the frame, nobody will be around to care.