"Could do with writing something - I'm not getting much else done - you've got me thinking now but no promises!" I quickly tweeted back to her.
Anyway I opened up a word document and came up with this...
The Chase
His brother was always just out of reach, never quite close
enough to catch up to. A seven minute head start made all the difference to
their otherwise identical beginning.
It was like swimming against the tide. Every word of praise
heaped on his twin turned into a wave pounding against him, throwing him
further adrift. Each accolade lifted his brother higher while it crashed around
his ears leaving him washed up in the wake.
That is until he decided to break free and walk his own
path, one that took him out of his brother’s shadow.
No one seemed to understand at first, why he didn’t settle
like his brother; the house, the career, the wife and inevitably the kids that
followed.
When everyone else had given up hope, written him off as the
black sheep of the family he finally found someone worth chasing and never
looked back.
150 words
150 words
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