Writing Prompt

The sunrise wakes me with a gentle glow

A respectful plea to dance in our room

I cozy myself up close to his back

His hair is perfumed by springtime in bloom

Behind me approach the smallest of paws

Thin whiskers tickle the side of my face

Mews like fairy bells hopscotch to my ears

Her fur decorated like intricate lace

My robe holds tight the warmth of our bed

Plush carpet and mews lead me down ...

hearts are fragile,

soft

even those

with teeth and

claws

so maybe

you’d know

i’m not ok

when i say i am

because my heart

is soft

just like

yours

and his

and maybe

you’d realize

it hurts,

even when

there are

teeth and claws

teeth and claws

protect me

but you

make my heart

tame

you leave me

wanting

to feel

love

love more

than any love

i’ve experienced

yet i don’t experience

love

my heart i...

Soft is gentle

Soft is kind

Soft is both

Intertwined

Soft is laughter

Soft is joy

Soft is the little moments

Getting butterflies from a boy

Soft is comfort

Soft is love

Soft is living in a warm hug

Soft is words

Meant to share

Soft is stories that took months to prepare

Soft

Soft is something the world is not

And soft is what I strive to be

I strive to be peoples soft

Their comfort

Their war...

Soft puffy clouds

Your heartbeat

Hands in mine

Skin leathery

Your eyes

The blue of the ocean

Staring at the sunset

A small explosion

Fire across the sea

Flaming on water

Confidence unexpired

Your pajamas I wear

Torn up and bear

Love, amor

Your little dog

Graveyard I stand

Flowers in hand

Over your grave

I will never tell the unknown

For I had done

The thing never forgiven

Murder I was driven

I sm...

Tender

Sweet

Still without teeth

You are as soft

As a clean bedsheet

Skin unblemished

Eyes so bright

You embody the innocence of life

You are fragile

So easy to break

Your body is small and delicate

I love your smile

Your laugh and gurgle

Lips so pink they seem to sparkle

You crawl and cry

I sing lullabies

You sleep so quiet

I watch in silence

You do not suffer like the rest of us

Even the ...

I miss the days of easy intimacy

When I could step out of class and right into an embrace,

When lunchtimes could be spent with an easy arm over my shoulder,

When free moments came with hair ruffles

And cuddle puddles atop beanbags.

Giggles in the air, shuffling to get comfortable, until

The rest.

I miss that tranquility of intimacy.

When a hand would trace slow circles on my knee,

When fingers wo...

What do you consider to be softness?

Is it the way the clouds brush the horizon at dusk?

Or the foam of the waves crashing on the shore?

Do you consider softness to be the touch of your love?

Or perhaps you consider softness to be the back of a kitten

Maybe to you softness is a light reasurring voice.

Or a dimly lit library.

Sofness to you could be lying in the grass staring at the stars.

Or could...

I let you in against my better judgment.

My femininity came with talons

So if I was meant to be a dainty thing,

I shredded those expectations

Long before my womanhood blossomed.

I thought you were going to prove me right,

Like every Mr. Wrong before you.

When I kick you to the curb,

You find a way under my fences

And shine light on the parts of me I felt only deserved darkness.

You took my heart...

i’d be the fuzz on your peach

if you wanted me to

we could live a soft life

two kids & a farm will do

cows, horses, chickens

and a garden that’s true

chase eachother by the river

climb a tree or two

i yearn for a soft life

with two kids and you...

I don’t like you

not like that

I decided that a while ago

I liked you

a lot

but then I stopped

and now I like him

but still

there’s this softness between us

I used to think

that maybe you liked me back

and I still wonder if you still do

but why would that matter to me

I don’t like you anymore

not like that

you’re still great

we’re still kind of friends

like we’ve been

but I don’t have a crush on ...