Writing Prompt
STORY STARTER
Write a story where the central theme is kindness.
Writings
Seeds And Umbrellas
The sun was shining bright and was hovering in the sky, pulsing. It was surrounded by fragments of wispy clouds that looked like cotton balls strung across the sky. It was, to simply put it, a marvelous day.
And on this simply marvelous day there was a girl. She was no more than sixteen but she had an air surrounding her that let on she had wisdom much beyond her years. Her auburn hair fell just...
BESTIE 🌻
My bestie
Always got my back
Always there for me
Never stays on track
My bestie
I’m myself when I’m with her
We’ll sing so loud to see
Who can sing better
My bestie
Who won’t put on a dress
Who’ll text me something funny
And make her lunch tray a mess
My bestie
Getting Starbucks is a staple
We’ll go get some and with glee
Head to Staples
My bestie
We never fight
Those sleepovers you see
They...
Lily
Always there for me
No matter what
Sacrifices her happiness
To ensure mine
Doesn’t care if her heart gets broken
As long as mine is whole
Kind and sweet
Funny and snarky
Honest and fun
Concerned and helpful
To special to be real
But she is
She will always be my BFF
No matter what
I will always be her BFF
Even if she doesn’t believe me
I will always tell her everything first
No matter wha...
Lost Cause
Today, I bake peanut butter cookies as she stares from the other side of the kitchen. Her bloodshot eyes stare with the perfect focus that I thought lost to time through the recognition of ADD and busy lives.
She knows nothing about attention deficit disorder. She only knows the mailman as a threat and each squirrel as a potential chew toy. She knows that I’m a tough customer, which means she ha...
Bad Days Are Better With A Best Friend
A phone call startles me from my restlessness. I had one of the most awful days and my mood is as irritated as one can get. I grab the phone from the receiver and take the call.
“Girl, I had a feeling something wasn’t right with you. Tell me now.”
This is the last thing I want to be talking about. Laynie is my best friend but I’m not even sure she can get me out of this slump.
“I don’t want ...
Few Called It A Kindness
I put lilies in every room and then I lit the house on fire. Trix would've wanted it that way.
As the floral blaze licked its way across the cedar walls, I sniffed and checked my watch. 3:48 am. Plenty of time.
I wandered around the neglected front yard, with one eye still on the fire, my mind's eye scanning for a plan. Once the fire had been properly fed, I would need to find Marcus. Tell him ...
I Stand With You
The differences between us
They’re black and white,
they’re brutally gray,
and here to stay
Me and you
The things you’ve faced
You found jewels laced with poison
You found love that came broken
Your heart became frozen
Nothing went as planned
And then you withdrew
I don’t know anything about the
poisoned,
broken,
frozen,
pieces of you
I don’t know anything about you
It’s so differe...
A Family Of Strangers
My grandmother, Setsuko, has lived many lives and made many fresh starts. I’ll start at the beginning. She was born in 1930 in Osaka. Growing up in Japan and as a girl in the Kumami family, Setsuko’s childhood felt like a dark time she’d never escape. Setsuko’s father died of tuberculosis when she was 4 years old, so she grew up with her cold mother, two younger brothers, and older sister Kyoko. W...