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POEM STARTER
Compose a poem which contrasts the world of dreams with the harshness of reality.
You can choose any style that you think is appropriate.
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Sleep
Is not just for rest
It is an escape
From my reality
From the pain I’ve suppressed
And the tears held within me
Living
Can be hard
Life is a bastard
And love is almost as bastardly
When you think they’re going well
They drop you into a living hell
Dreams
Can feel like floating on clouds
Or running through chaos
Or laughing out loud
It all depends on how your brain feels
And how the nigh...
He looks so amazing
And perfectly healthy.
I wonder what he would think of my being insane.
It makes me more interesting, doesn’t it?
More dynamic?
But if he’s perfect why would he choose someone flawed?
I have so many flaws…
I know that I don’t know that he’s perfect.
He looks happy but it’s hard to tell through a screen.
I don’t know why it even bothers me.
My dream will never come to fruition.
...
Magical days never wasted
A bright world ready to embrace us
Happiness lingers in the spaces between
What has happened and what has yet to be seen
Never allowing fear to lead us astray
Instead we continue on our own way
Afraid but staying true
To the dreams that complete you
Quite the contrary indeed
expectations not exactly exceeded
From sweet to bitter
Days seem to dull any glitter
T...
For when I’m asleep
I’m the happiest me
for when I’m awake
the world deceives me
for when I’m asleep
all is well and true
for when I’m awake
all is hell and new
for when I’m asleep
the world is beautiful to all
for when I’m awake
nearly all are appalled
this and that
this is false
that is a fact
I got my point across...
Beneath the diamonds
Beyond horizons
You may glide with wings
Yet death always sings
Over and through hills
Explore to your wills
For freedom may ring
Yet death always sings
Success across grids
Excellence amid
Princes, queens and kings
Yet death always sings
Cloudless summer days
Life in the sun’s rays
All the joy it brings
Yet death always sings...
In the grip of night, I dreamed of light,
Of a life unchained, a future bright.
But morning's glare revealed the snare,
The chains of vice, the depths of despair.
I lay in bed, with heavy head,
Wishing for an end, my spirit bled.
Yet, from the abyss, arose a wish,
A spark within, a silent switch.
A year has passed, the die is cast,
The dream of sobriety, held fast.
Now clean, serene, a life rede...
I remember when naps were a punishment
As a kid I would avoid them somehow
Only now,
Sleeping is the sole way to escape my torment
The world of dreams much more forgiving,
Sleeping is the key,
An escape from the harsh reality
An escape from the world around me burning
An escape from the flames’ touch
Who knew sleep would be freeing as such
The cure to my soul’s soreness...
I feel a slight dissatisfaction.
I don’t know why.
I’m a little anxious.
I’m on the last season of a show I like.
I have crushes on both of the main actors.
My crushes don’t feel satiated.
I don’t know what to do
To combat the feeling of loneliness,
The feeling of yearning.
I just keep thinking about it,
And feeling unsatisfied.
They feel further out of reach than ever before.
I’ve always wanted...
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