Take The Challenge

What do you have to lose?

Colleen Millsteed
Moon Light Confessions
2 min readAug 2, 2021

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Take The Challenge. What have you got to lose? A poem written by Colleen Millsteed.
Photo by Ming Jun Tan on Unsplash

A new challenge has been thrown down
And it’s been sent out to all far and wide,
Why not try your luck, you never know
It could be you winning the major prize.

Selected over four writing prompts
There will be one winner for each,
Take up the challenge for one or all
Enjoy the exposure you could reach.

This challenge is a win/win for all
Find the courage to accept the invite,
Grow as an artist telling your story
Think outside the box as you write.

The first prompt is simply “reentry”
Be it returning to a place from your past,
It may be a person you meet again
Or a situation in which you’re recast.

What is different between now and then
It is better or worse, easier or harder,
Did you previously fail and now succeed
Where you entirely alone or with a partner?

The second chosen prompt is “death”
Resulting in an experience good or bad,
Could be a death of an idea, an…

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Colleen Millsteed
Colleen Millsteed

Written by Colleen Millsteed

Top Writer in Poetry. I’m a Finance Manager with a love of both numbers and words.