Writing Prompt

Heroin capital of the UK,

Eyeroll, yeah we know -

Don’t have to remind us,

They made a film about it

Or something.

“Pretty, shitty city,” it said.

We’ve got that street where the piss-ups get featured on the TV,

Lads gurning, off their faces on ecstasy,

The girls are fucking freezing in tight dresses showing off tattooed chests and nipple piercings -

They just want to get in on the interview, ...

Can you imagine a land where

Even the smallest and unlikeliest of seeds

Can sprout root in ever fertile soil

And stretch out towards the stars

Where green leaves shimmer like emeralds

Eternal and resilient, indifferent to time

A canopy rich with life

Providing shade from the unforgiving sun

Even when I am far away

I cannot disentangle myself from that dream

My blood still flows with fra...

i come from a land of heroes and fairytales

but nowadays the myths are all about the resales

I’m from a bonnie place called Scotland

a small village in the highlands

it’s where my heart stays forever

stuck in my old woolly sweater

I’m not your stereotypical Scottish girl

i dont wear a kilt and haggis makes me hurl

I’m not from the city

i think the countrysides more pretty

i love walks by the Lo...

When I was small

About six old

I started to rifle

How I had no real home

I was lost

Told I was leaving the city

For a smaller town and a bigger house

I loved looking for a new house

The whole process

A new realtor friend

The tours and fresh paint scent

But I was afraid of only one thing

A question

What’s your hometown?

Technically I lived in the city

But a year from now I will be growin...

In my journal...