Writing Prompt

People never change

Is that not strange

Like leopards clothed in spots

They talk, they act, weaving thoughts

Leaving us yet so estranged

A dance where trust is rearranged

In fleeting moments we find our truth

Comfort found in what we know

For in our core lies refrain

A cycle spinning, never lost

With every chance to break the chain

Yet we still bare the heavy cost

In shadows deep, we find our p...

Leopards never change their spots

But maybe they want to

But maybe they don’t

Maybe they’re comfortable in their own skin

In the way I did as a little kid

In the way I can no longer feel...

Leopards never change their spots.

All good things, like love,

They will eventually rot.

If love is unchanging

Like a leopard’s spots,

Won’t it be boring

Until the day it rots?

Love is like a leopard

In the sense that it is only

Mortal.

Its cries for help will not be heard

When its time has finally come:

Love is like a leopard’s spots,

For it too has patterns unique to all

Who happen to bear i...

You are who you are

You are beautiful that way

A stunningly bright star

You are always important with whatever you have to say

You may not be the most intelligent or skilled

You may not be the most athletic or tough

But you are not some hole needing to be filled

You are you, and that is just enough

Some will loathe you and try to weaken you

Out of jealous insecurities or out of gross pleasure

Sa...

**Leopards never change their spots. **

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**You can’t except a lot from someone who has never been a good part of your plot. No matter what you thought you have to focus on what you got. “You have to give them another shot” is something I’ve never bought, sure I give multiple chances after we fought, but eventually you have to stop getting caught in the middle of their knot.**

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**The fox ma...

Leopards never change their spots

And you can’t teach an old dog new tricks

But I don’t hold my breath until you text me back

And my chest doesn’t ache when I wake up in the morning

I still cry to the same songs

And forget to put on sunscreen

But I don’t hang out with people who make me tired anymore

And now I stay quiet when your name comes up

I get angry

Just as angry as always

And I still fe...

Leopards never change their spots

So I don’t know why

I thought you’d change at all.

You played me

You threw me out

Like I was nothing

And suddenly

You were everywhere I looked.

You’d never change

I’ll never give you the chance

Because it’s like giving a bullet

To someone who missed their shot

At you....

_Years ago . . ._

_I was broken_

_I lost my place, I found darkness_

_I pushed them away_

_The people who still cared_

_I killed my happiness, but blamed it on something else_

_Until . . . That day_

_I lit up from the sight of a girl_

_I changed my ways, I tried to start over_

_And still everyday I had the same thoughts_

_I wanted to kill him_

_The one who took my parents _

_But you ca...

Stop trusting the wishes that you make on shooting stars

Like the dinosaurs, they will only end in regret

Do not give your key to the first kind stranger who enters in

You’ll learn the frustration of changing all the locks

Spare not a shoulder when he comes to you weeping

Watch for vampire’s fangs that seek out your blood

Do not rest easy when the storm is calm

Outside the hurricane’s eye, dest...

I guess I put him on the spot

Told me to trust him I could not

I followed him a mile or two

Then froze as she came into view

They walked together hand in hand

This man I do not understand

I stand and try to clear my head

I walk home and climb into bed

Later on when I hear the key

And think of his dishonesty

One chance was all he should have got

As Leopards never change their spots...