Writing Prompt
STORY STARTER
Prompt submitted by Sunny Jim
The planet is dying
Write a story or poem set in the end days of the planet
Writings
Everything Ends
The sun is burning, spreading a wave of orange and red across the sky, setting the horizon on fire. Trees fall, buildings crumble to the ground, children scream, adults cry. This is it, they thought. This was the end.
They could have done something about this. This all could’ve been stopped. But people don’t like to admit that they’ve made mistakes, and nobody knows how to grow.
She reaches do...
The End
Grey ash falls gently from the sky like snow used to. It’s been the closet thing we’ve seen to snow for about 5 years now. The world is increasingly getting worse and there is nothing we can do. The government tells us everything is gonna be fine but deep down we know the earth is dying. We didn’t listen to all those people telling us to save the turtles, keep the oceans clean and recycle our...
The End
Blazing heat, scorching ground
Dank air, dust, everywhere is found
Life scorched, metal remnants behind
Tepid lake water, lifeless trees find
Along the ground, cold creeps in
Feeble air, choking life, from within
Darkness descends, rules out the light
Left a black reflection, what once is bright
Stationary, revolving no more
Into the universe like the star before
Sisters, moons quickly follow...