Writing Prompt

“Where’s your phone?”

_Shit_. “I’ve been having trouble sleeping, so I took it to bed with me last night.”

“You know that’s not our policy.“

- - -

Of course not.

No, our policy is “perfect.”

Our policy is “a B+ is going to screw over your life so if she pressures you obviously your grade will go up.”

Our policy is “don’t talk about liking girls unless you’re explaining why you didn’t share abo...

Around and around the blood whirls,

Finally going down the drains,

It turns the pipe a crimson red,

A reminder of all the pains,

You wash and wash continuously,

Yet violence always stains...

goodbye to

us

and raise

a toast

to any

tearless night

that i

might endure

but we grow

apart

our friendship

scrubbed from our heads

by his

avaricious hands

taking you away

from me

our talking

washed away

with todays

tides

and shipwrecked

on a foreign

shore for

someone else to see

the message in

the bottle

is no

message at all

more of a

picture of a

friendship ending

to make

room for

him i...

Once upon a time

There was a sweet,

Happy,

A perpetually smiling

Little girl.

Sure,

She was strange,

As most are,

But she was loved.

Soon enough,

That happy girl was

Drifted away,

As one does.

She felt eyes everywhere

Judging,

And staring,

Even if they weren’t.

She felt alone

In a world of

Eight billion people.

She knew she was unwanted.

So, that little girl

Locked her

Strange self away

...

On the beach’s

Sandy shore,

I placed a bottled

Inside is a message…

A message to my

Long lost lover.

The message reads:

“My dearest lover,

I pray you have not

Forgotten about me,

For I remember you saying

That our love is

Undying.

I hope that near, far,

Wherever you are,

My dearest lover,

You receive this message.

You are my

Light in the dark,

Knowing you are out there

Somewhere

Is the hope...

I was okay once.

I had friends, a family that loved me.

Sitting by the ocean, watching the waves crash.

But then she came along

Showing me things I didn’t need to see

Every cut, every bruise a small wave

But then she encouraged me.

The tide came in and swept it all away.

I grow further from my friends,

I hide so much from my family,

I feel dead inside.

My innocence, my happiness

swept away by he...

I’ve been feelimg better lately

I like my body more

I feel secure frankly

More confident

Even if makeup is the key

I am learning to do eyelimer perfectlu

I am reading again

and making friends

I feel so free… Finally

I hope this lasts for ever

This washed way sense of dread

The way it just left

Sun after a drety day

I hope I can bask In this sunlight for a while

I hope they stay

And I hope I keep...

The sea of despair has washed away my bliss,

My heart leaving the safe shore into the ominous blue,

The sand ignoring my plea for help,

Instead letting me go, letting me be swept away.

I’m carried through the waves,

My tears of my sorrow make the waters more cavernous, saltier,

While the others around leisurely pass me by,

Undoubtedly feeling just as weighted.

The waters stretch out endlessly,

I...

Glass smashing.

Lit torches and iced pipes passing.

Wakeful nights.

Sleepy days.

Exhale toxic clouds of crystal haze.

Nowadays,

Finding myself is a walkthrough of an endless maze.

I’m told I’m still in that heartbreak phase.

Continuously wiping these tears away.

Saline spray up my nasal passage ways.

Gaze through a mirrorless reflection.

Deception of stained glass,

Leaves a distorted t...

As the tide

reaches the sand

Washing up treasures

on the land

But as the tide

comes to play

We watch our footprints

wash away

The memory of our fun

Washed into the sea

But our story just begun

The tale of you and me.

Whe watched our footprints

wash away

But the sand sticks

throughout the day

Between our toes

Now in our shoes

Behind our ears

In our hair too

Our memories has left

from the beac...