Writing Prompt

Everyone was poised and ready to go, making Neil and Susan’s wedding the happiest day of their lives. Poses were struck, dresses adjusted and with a flash, that was that. Happiness entombed forever in film and paper. It was only afterwards that everything started to decline. The flash itself was the single brightest thing either of them had ever seen before. Little did they know that it was the brightest moment of their lives. Neil and Susan weren’t bad people and wouldn’t have even got up to the wedding if they hadn’t loved each other, but the start of something new had taken root. How? The same way that any relationship begins to crumble. With small sacrifices of dignity and self respect toward one another, in exchange for the others’ affection and time. What Neil and Susan didn’t realise, however, is that the time would have been lost in any case. Like sand slipping through fingertips, their marriage would slowly slip away from them as well. Why then, wouldn’t they fight for it? Every human being with an ounce of compassion, or at the very least self interest, which is essentially self compassion, would surely fight for something that they have a vested interest in? But no. Like a frog that is put into cold water, only to have it heated up and be boiled to death, Neil and Susan’s relationship would break down so slowly, and over the course of so many years, that neither of them would notice until it was too late, and neither of them had anything left, and couldn’t remember why they were there in the first place. But for now, they would enjoy the rest of their wedding day, accepting praise and well-wishes from their close friends and family.

Smiling faces Changing places As the camera clicks They go back to arguing about politics Warring countries fake smiles But only for a little while After the war starts again The presidents no longer friends Only for the press While their countries are in a mess Didn’t even chat Took a photo and that was that Hate is in the air Wars never fair

It was my last day till I set off to the next chapter in my life, but I didn’t want to leave behind one of my favorite teachers that I had my senior year of high school. She was like a second mother to me , everyday once it was fifth period I knew that I was go to have a good time. I’ve had Mrs.Park last year in eleventh grade ,but the bond I had with her wasn’t was what we had now. Everyday walking to class saying,” Hey , Mrs.Park” and she would reply back ,”Hey, Oscar” , as I went to my seat. To be honest my twelfth grade year of high school was my favorite year of school, every class had something about it. In, Intro to Art with Mrs.Nakauno another wonderful teacher that I had a bond with , another favorite teacher of mine sitting next to an incredible friend named Ashley. She is strong, very intelligent, and cute ,so I never felt lonely in class. I wasn’t ever great at shading ,but I always tried my best.

They lived for his smile. It was contagious Smiling and laughing and making people The best they could be Always taking care of others before himself His brother loved to look up at him as a role model His mother adored him from head to toe His teachers never complained His friends cherished him

Then it was gone. He graduated School was done and he had his life to live Summer came and so did the feelings for him He shared feelings for you too, he never said it though. You were going to tell him but you couldn’t. What if he never felt the same?

July 4th comes around. It’s an amazing day Waking up late it’s the peak of summer Until you get a phone call He’s in the hospital He’s going to die What? He’s just graduated Rushing to the hospital all you can think of is his smile The way you always blushed when you saw it All you want is to hear his voice and see his smile that everyone knew One last time