Writing Prompt

Once, each twinkling light held wonder

and awe,

But now they serve as painful reminders

of what we saw.

The memories we shared under the vast

expanse,

Now tainted by heartbreak and a

haunting dance.

The stars used to guide us through the darkest night,

But now they mock us with their fading

light.

The beauty we once found in the cosmic

display,

Now only serves to drive our dreams

away.

The...

Blue waves fill the horizon

Choppy and harsh

Sharks lurking everywhere.

They swim amongst us

As we stay afloat… location unknown.

We set sail in the morning-

Which morning? It evades me.

The sun sets and returns

Just to taunt us as it makes it way home.

The scorching heat beams its heavy rays

While the waves rip open fresh wounds.

Salt burns our eyes.

The sail, once upright...

I look at the night sky full of stars

I don’t pay attention and get hit by many cars

I wonder, where I am. . . and are.

Up above I feel far.

When, I crashed my car.

I float, in stars.

I leave the earth, looking at girth, that they, are stairs of gold.

So then the sky full of stars seemed dead and cold; a place once so magical now hurt to behold....

They say that when you die

Within the stars you will lie

But death wasn’t on my mind

After all that’s just part of mankind

Staring into the infinite void

All my worries were destroyed

You lying on the ground flat

Now all I want is for you to come back

Nights with only you and the stars

No longer stayed ours

The sky full of stars seemed dead and cold

A place once so magical now hurt to behold...

The vibrant sky as he takes me away

From this cold and scary place

From the me I had forgotten to see

To this me that was perfect as can be

To be taken away from the fear

the sadness and painful memories

To be taken away from the dreary

To be taken away from the choices of me

But I know it not to be real this dream

For it to be impossible to see

The sky full of stars seemed dead and cold

A place...

“It’ll be fun! Just take a look. You can go back inside after if you still want to.”

I rolled my eyes at him. “Agh. Fine, just one look.”

“You scared little sister?”

“Little sister? Excuse me but I’m the older twin and you know it.”

“Sure. Keep telling yourself that.” I smacked his arm. “Ow! That hurt.” I laughed, and he joined me.

“You know, you’re gonna get us killed one of these days. Mom would...

Beneath a sky where whispers softly breathe,

In nights when dreams would weave their tender lace,

Stars once shimmered, their magic to bequeath,

Now fade away, their light a cold embrace.

In city shadows where laughter once burst,

Felt the warmth of touch and tasted sweet wine,

Yet time, relentless, leaves our hearts immersed,

In scents of loss that linger, intertwine.

Once bold and bright, now ...

How sad to think how fast we age

Too eager to grow

And too soon to be old

Frightful and unable

To comprehend how we spoild

All of that of which childhood brought

And too sorrowful to see some who never got

To be young and carefree

No taxes and bills

Only crayons and puppet shows

And funny videos

How soon we change

How we use to look at stars and dream of outer space

Now we have to make money and...

Aloft in the sky is where you now lay

It’s at night I can see you, not through the day

You no longer roam the earth with the likes of me

Though as you watch over, I can feel the gaze of thee

Now the sky for me is a mourning place

Between you and time, time has won the race

Connecting a constellation, you’re one little dot

But happiness and wonder is all that you sought

So I know you are happy...

Time weathers all, with it’s relentless tide,

Shadows creep where light used to bide,

Promises made in warmth, now cold and stale,

Love once so bright, now withered and sold.

In the dead of night, memories stir,

Of old days of the Bold,

The sky full of stars that seemed dead and cold;

A place once so magical now hurt to behold....