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Writing Prompt

WRITING OBSTACLE

Destitute.

Sacrificial.

Emphatic.

Write a poem, in any style, that contains these three words. Hint: Emphatic and empathetic do not mean the same thing.

Writings

With Great Sacrifice Comes

Dear no named,

How does it feel taking the blame,

Drowning in sacrificial shame?


In a world which you are nobody,

You can never be somebody.


Are your actions worth it,

Even if they leave you destitute?


Is it not that you are aware,

Is it not that you are in despair?


Have I not been emphatic,

Thinking with your heart will get you nowhere....

KO

So today I don’t feel emphatic

Exhaustion has taken over me

Destitute of any proper ideas

My bed and pillow are all I can see.


So please don’t get me wrong

If I don’t make any sense today

Just being awake feels sacrificial

Can’t keep my sleep at bay.


I’ll try to behave better tomorrow

And write something more interesting

For now I’ll drift to La La Land

Can’t wait until I’m sleeping.


(Best I co...

Respect

This that we are going through will leave many destitute.

We are told to not go outside

Only what is necessary,

many are used as sacrificial pawns

groceries, gasoline, juices, dispensaries

consumer’s no longer empathetic

Essential workers exposing themselves

Why do people feel entitled to great customer service

Dangling customer is always right in their faces.

Respect has been forgotten in tim...

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The emphatic begging cry

The good boy was destitute, it is true

The sacrificial treat, the reward for ā€œroll over.ā€

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ā€œLet us out!ā€ They yell, surely emphatic

If the days had ends, it would be quite climactic


If your still working, you are sacrificial

For companies and employees, nothing is mutually beneficial


Unemployment will keep you from becoming destitute

Get paid to stay home, right in that birthday suit


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The speech

Emphatic speech. NHS heroes. Can’t do without them!


Until we can, again!


And the sacrificial nurses become destitute again. ...

Betrayer

He was emphatic that he was right,

Until he met her,

She made him think he was wrong,

She made him destitute,

She made him think that all his life savings and family was sacrificial,

She who betrayed him....

I’m all out of love

I’ve been on my own for too long,

I can’t keep up with myself,

I’m left destitute, slowly crumbling,

There is nothing else I can do


You made your promises like soap bubbles,

They looked beautiful at a glance,

As they come closer, they melt away,

There is nothing else I can do for you


I am the sacrificial lamb you offer up,

You parade me in private, and hide me in public,

It was never about me, ...

Unrequited toxic love

Why do I feel pathetic

For feeling emphatic?

Like I’m being used

And ran through like credit.


I would be sacrificial

For the ones I love most

I get too attached

And don’t know how to let go


I get too close

And when the energy isn’t returned

It leaves a empty hole like the nostril

At the bottom of my nose 😪


I know I can’t be what you want

I can’t be him or her

I’m a liability and an absol...

Obstacles Ensue

Emphatic suggestion not to go down this road

Feel being sacrificial

It is a trap of my own device

Still destitute

Still up a river without a paddle...

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