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Anonymous

Dec 26, 2024

i need a creative metaphor that describes something out of reach. help?

I'm seeking a creative metaphor to describe something that feels just out of reach. Can anyone help me brainstorm some ideas?

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Anonymous

Feb 11, 2025

Chasing the sun- no matter how long you head into the sun it will always be there on the horizon out of reach.

A rainbow is another thing. You can never get the pot of gold at the end.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow is always out of reach because as soon as you get to "tomorrow" it becomes today, so you never really reach tomorrow.

I'll edit this if I think of anything else.

EDIT: What are you using this metaphor in reference to?

Like a weak hungry lioness at the heels of a springbok (or some other type of prey) that is just too quick.

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Anonymous

Jan 11, 2025

To run on water

Escaping from a black hole.

Drinking all the water in the ocean.

Surviving with no blood at all in your body.

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Anonymous

Feb 01, 2025

It was a receding light at the end of the tunnel.

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Anonymous

Jan 30, 2025

It was far away, a mirage in the desert just out of my grasp.

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Anonymous

Feb 14, 2025

Just like chasing light.

Counting stars.

Doubt those are good, but maybe you could use one.

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Anonymous

Feb 11, 2025

it was receding into the distance and each time i attempted a snatch at it, it would escape, barely missing my desperate fingertips

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