Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Writing Prompt

I had a writing prompt that asked "What is the color of hunger?" And this is my answer:

The color of hunger is pale. The paleness of the starved. The lack of energy. The color it drains from the cheeks of those inflicted by it. Hunger is not white because hunger is impure. It is not red because it does not produce love. It is just pale because of the sorrow you feel for those who suffer. you are not the color of hunger. I am not the color of hunger. They are the color of hunger. But you can help them. I can help, too. All who are not the color of hunger can help those who are. But do we? Or is the color of hunger invisible? We see through the paleness. We see through the pain. It doesn't exist because we're surrounded by everything that is not the color of hunger. We will never be that shade. The shade of hunger.

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