WRITING OBSTACLE
Write a short story or poem about a couple’s anniversary that uses weather as a motif.
Motifs can affect a reader’s view of characters and story greatly. You could use adjectives typically used for weather to create the characters, or metaphors of weather to describe relationships and scenarios.
Anniversary Of The Dreaded
This anniversary I dread as I step towards the beautiful stone that declares that wonderful name. The rain turns my flowing dress a darker pink. Almost red like my veins still are.
I look upon him as he looks down at me. I smile. “I love you”, I tell him, he doesn’t say it back but I know he wants to. I give him fresh yellow flowers. Like the sun he is to me. I know he loves them yet still he does not speak.
“I have the most amazing day planned. I’ll spend it all with you.” I want to never leave your side until the clock strikes two.
The rain soon begins to stop, I’m so much happier now. I remember the first time I saw his stunning bright blue eyes, they are just as lovely as the sky appears above us.
I wish that he could see this day, yet he’s as cold as the breeze.
I stare at his grave. “It’s our anniversary”, I say. As tears now blur my eyes…
