Writing Prompt
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POEM STARTER
Awakening
Write a poem about an awakening - it could be literal or metaphorical.
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Darkness and loneliness
Distance and drowning
The darkness reaches our minds and hearts
It takes our spirit and pierces us like a dart
One moment happy but never lasting long
Until the day you awaken
When the light appears
When you’ve finally had enough
Then Happiness replays again and again like a favorite song...
Awakening is like a
sloppy sarcastic joke.
Wrist shaking from the
Apple Watch’s alarms.
Icy air bursting into
the room dramatically.
Eyelids ignoring the
world before them.
Laying with your heart
withered to the backs ribs.
Pounding with desperation,
twisting and falling to pieces.
While this goes on - one
will try to trick themselves.
Pondering the hopeful events and
whimsical conv...
Another day, another bed
I don’t remember the words I said.
The act done, A faceless fling
Sadly still silence on my heart strings.
Asleep I walk through life’s mortal grounds
Never hearing a meaningful sound.
Days to weeks, never knowing what i seek.
Months to years, now scared to even peek.
I hold my head down
Not wanting to show the living my frown.
Then out of the winter air
Came a ...
Eyes open
Take it all in
Sun filters through a window
Just pulling off the covers feels like a win
I wish I could go back to sleep
But my alarm won’t shut up
Now something is licking my elbow
Oh! It’s the pink little tongue of my pup
It’s too early to exist
But I’ve got to rise and shine
I stumble down the stairs
And claim the cup of coffee that’s mine
I pick out an outfit
Which takes ...
Thera is a broken record playing in my head
A sound I cannot make out but a feeling that is rare
And a subtle whisper that eventually becomes as loud as horn screaching through the air
Like my very breath chanting always
Like my steady footsteps
A melody even
But feels like a snap of a finger within my soul
And each snap I become more and more present
I exist
I live
I remember the dullnes...
Wake up with a song, was the advice a friend gave me the other day
It does make a difference is what I can now say
Still sometimes it can be a struggle to wake up and get out of bed
Especially when covered by warm comfy blankets and a soft pillow under your head
You can try as many alarm clocks as you want
But without a good reason to get up, your bed will keep the upper hand
I found out that the...
bruised and alone you broke my heart
the words you said cut me in parts
i try to fit your mold of me
but in doing so i realize what i could never be
tired of fighting but it means they care
how could i be so unaware?
why is it so hard to forget the good when the bad was bad
i’m tired of feeling like it was me who lacked
i look in the mirror one winter day and look at my self “i can’t stay” ...
18.
Exams.
Graduate.
College.
Oh shoot!
The alarm goes off—
Your 8 a.m. class is in 10.
Roll out of bed,
Already fed.
Rush, rush—here it begins.
But then—
Another alarm.
A new stage.
Oh shoot!
Your job starts now,
Your appraisal’s in 10.
Out of bed,
Still fed.
Rush, rush—it begins again.
Life moves forward,
Chapters change.
The alarm always rings—
But you’re still waking up,
Again and agai...
Her Eyes Are Brighter,
They Shine
They Glow
They Captivate.
Oh how the sides of her lips crease upward,
Bountiful,
And ready to say it all.
The way she moves
All Joyous and Healed.
She looks …
Healthier
With such confidence, she eludes.
Her posture becomes proud.
Of who I am.
Of who she was.
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