Someone's fighting can really affect a person...Trying to drown out the loud voices with the roar of the blender...
ROAR OF THE BLENDER
(July 11, 2013)
I turned on the blender trying to drown out the roar of the voices that vibrated upstairs but no matter how long I held the power button the voices were as loud as the music at a night club. I heard every negative word that escaped from their lips. Though they held no connection to me I felt them slice through my skin, leaving behind scars that would never heal. The tears that began to fall from my eyes only made the scars that much deeper and I wished to be swallowed up by the night, swallowed up by the roar of the blender.
I wrote this piece for my writing class exercise. I had only five minutes to write the piece based on a sound from a list of sounds that resonated with me. I chose roar. Please let me know your thoughts. This piece has not been edited.
Excellent piece. I think you should use this one for your rewriting, but I will ok you further about that. I love that line about tears making scars deeper, beautiful and so true.
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