Writing Prompt

I wish I never let go.

That I was there.

That they were alive.

Now, every step is forced, every action, false.

Without them.

Will I ever move on?

Can I?

They were the light in my forever dark sky.

The love in my hate.

The good in my disgusting evil.

I wish I never let go.

That I never gave myself that chance.

That this fall brings me to them....

Hear me out.

Kind of the prompt, but a story idea rather than an actual writing.

*taken from texts to my best friend after I came up with the idea*

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So basically it’s an enemies to lovers kinda thing but not. The two characters are competing for valedictorian at their boarding school, but like the guy wants it to prove he’s not just a dumb bad boy, and the girl wants it to have something to b...

I wish I had never let go of the

childhood with nonexistent worrying.

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Standing alone in the middle of the room,

can they tell I’m about ready to jump?

I’ve gone in and out of these little mindsets,

and I’m starting to wonder if I’m a grump.

Standing, walking,

laughing, talking,

every single action

brings an unsteady heartbeat.

It just hurts.

I wish I never had to let go of my childhoo...

I wish I never had to let go of times

When summer seemed to go on forever

Where the the days we’re filled

Running through the fields

Playing dolls in the grass

And building dams in the streams

The days where

mud on my face

grass between bare toes

Dirt under my finger nails

And ants cradled in my hands

Was all my daily life

When a smile on my face was the default

the world felt welcoming

And th...

I wish I had never let go.

Everything about you.

But mostly the idea of what we could be.

I held onto it for a long time.

I may have loved you.

I know now that you never felt the same way,

But what I regret the most is thinking you might.

Letting go and realizing tore me apart.

You were the only one I could truly image being mine.

Now looking back,

I wish I had never let go of that hope....

I wish i had never let go…

I didn’t mean to start a war in my mind—

I just wanted someone to like me;

I just want to like myself.

I thought maybe the pain would be worth it; that through the despair and aching

I would come to find love.

But is love ever developed through pain?

I think it can be discovered…right?

I just feel lost—

If only someone could find me....

I wish I had never let go

those childish drawings

treasure hunts, scrapbooking

the random video projects

I just felt proud I could call it mine

young me had no worries

young me smiled so wide

Then came what I wished was my happy days

Lived the rest of my life

head down, no noise, no sound

stopped trying for fear of rejection

and humiliation, embarrassment

fear gripped my present

because of thos...

I wish I had never let go.

Of the hope that burnt out in my heart.

The hope that we could be.

Maybe I was just stupid.

Maybe it was never even a possibility.

But I swear I saw the small spark in your eyes that had matched my blazing flame.

That flame is now flickered out, with nothing to kindle the burn.

It left my heart in ashes, and I wonder if maybe you still hold your spark.

Perhaps yo...

I wish I had never let go

I wish I had never let my old self slip out of my fingertips

I never knew losing yourself could be so easy

Could happen so fast

I have to try to convince myself that this new version of me will be better

That I’m healing

Becoming a new person

A better person

And I do try

I try and be the person who

“Always smiles” like I used to be

But no matter what I do

No mat...

I wish I had never let go

It started out as a

Fall or fly

Do or die

Never let you go

Laugh or cry

You and I

Never let you go

Highs or lows

How far,

We will go?

You and I

Never let you go

Then it went to a

Nothing I can do

Just stay here

Loving you

As I watch you go...