You know life is crazy when months go by without my visit to my favorite word prompt site, Creative Copy Challenge.

Check that. It’s been almost a year. How did that happen?

Like muscles groaning from a long stretch after inactivity, I tackled the latest challenge.

Not surprising, my topic rose from the basis for the challenge – words.

The challenge words are in bold.

Creative Copy Challenge #455

The back biting world of corporate life drones with the sting of words run wild. How could words crafting heartfelt messages spiral into such blackened depths of despair?

Hopping on the cash cow vehicle to success, words entice, persuade, and embrace possibilities. With dare-devil performance, they leap into the universe on a grand ride, leaving spectators yearning for more.

Those with an eagle eye spot the twists and turns with fact-finding finesse. The gas guzzler words sputter from their hale and hearty beginnings to fall over the cliffs of cliché. To add insult to injury, words that inspired crumble under repetitive rhetoric.

The jibber-jabber jaunt stumbles into knock-kneed nonsense, sending us on a search for something new.

Creative Copy Challenge #454

Isn’t the world an interesting place? After creating this post, I revisited Creative Copy to find the following challenge words (highlighted in bold).

Did we hijack human decency in the name of patriotism? Have we constructed a Pentagon of defenses that locks liberty in a cell of our own making?

How far will media go for the stories they fabricate, as truth becomes the ash in our urns? As individuals, we are frightened. Believing there is little we can do to erase the horror of modern times. But, our lack of dedication to the freedoms we have may be more injurious than the individuals causing the chaos.

Do we allow Lady Liberty to crumble into a forgotten sculpture in the debris of all we abhor?

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