thaopixelpoet's 100-word story for July 4, 2025

thaopixelpoet wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 4, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

I look up the mountain and I can't even see the peak hiding behind the mist thick and grey like my consciousness. "Dreamy" "Naive" "Stupid" "Delusional" By-passers would say I let doubt seeps through the cracks of my sensitive heart. Glass is half-full, I start my first big step. The rocks cut my hands bleed The slopes are almost vertical Each minute I question myself if they are right. Step by step, I climb Day in day out, I climb Without motivation, I climb. Bright sunrise exposes my doubt, my fear, my shadows. The summit is just one more step.

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