Writing Prompt

My words tumble and churn in my mind,

Echoing and bouncing,

Bubbling up until they explode into voice.

Yet with all the desperation my words have as they try to escape my lips,

They never seem to make it.

I stumble over the words,

Erasing and scratching out and cutting off,

Stuttering and deleting and backtracking.

My words catch in my throat,

Lingering until I choke,

Until it is all I can do to k...

I've tried so hard

But my legs are tired

All of my scars

Came from your bared wire

I tried to save you

But you didn't care

What can I do?

With someone who just states

All these attempts

All theses words

Just shoved away in the back of your mind

Where everything is hidden from the light

So I now say good-bye

And you might want me back

Don't you know I tried?

Yet your acceptance is wh...

Every day I fail someone new

First it my parents

Then my teachers

Friends

Siblings

Family

Until there’s no one here for me

All because I failed them

Because I disappointed them

And left them

All because of me...

My obituary was written in red ink.

In this repetitive nightmare,

I’m always swallowing what I really want to say

And I become almost insignificant in the shadow of man.

Being unheard is the worst heartbreak.

I begged for the Guillotine to whisk away with my head.

I got on my knees for the Lord to smite me.

I laid on a roulette wheel,

Hoping for lightning to strike me dead.

I tried on my mother’s ...

every morning I wake up

go in the bathroom

look in the mirror

think, hey wait

I kind of look pretty today

then I wash my face

brush my teeth

and put my contacts in

look in the mirror once again

oh

nevermind then...

I need the courage to tell him. I don’t have the courage. If this relationship will work he has to know.

A plan forms in my mind, a bad plan, but a plan nonetheless. I do not pull on my t-shirt, remaining in just my shorts as I bustle around the kitchen.

The knock at the door is right on time, exactly 16:00, and I let him in, then, feeling my plan about to fail, go back on it, grabbing my t-shi...

At a mountain peak nature speaks . But fears become heavy and the air becomes tight .

The mountain is too high to scale !

Am I going pale ?

Do I get up and bail ?

Just take a breath and inhale .

Doubt begins to sink as I begin the descent down , as I give in with a frown . As negativity forms a wave intoxicating my brain , but there only my determination to blame.

Try to distract me from the...

TW: Christian theme

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If I could just say the perfect words,

if I could show you.

If I could make you feel.

It all escapes me,

I shift under the burden

and try to wipe away the blood.

I rise to the occasion,

and pour out another shovel

full of dirt atop my head.

I bow, I stand.

I’m not the same anymore.

I’m not the shame anymore.

Make me burn again, Lord.

Make me the inferno,

the s...

Failure

The worst word I know

It burns in my thoughts

Stays permanently

Forever engraved

I see it

Behind my eyelids

In my mistakes

In my doubts

In my inactions

I hear it

A whisper of defeat

directly into my ears

making me believe

every word

I smell it

A gasoline odor

invades my nose

Pinch nostrils

to avoid the stench

I taste it

The bitterness lingers

The sour sting

that makes me cringe

I fee...

Even after facing repeated failures while pursuing your goals, remember that failure is not the end. Instead of giving up, make some adjustments and try again. It's common for people to become discouraged and stop trying after a setback, but it's important to regroup, refocus, and keep pursuing your dreams. Remember that we have all experienced failure at some point in our lives, yet we are still ...