Weekend Writing Prompt
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A circle of fire burns around me, a mirror not a door, winding tales upon the kingdom, let the monsters roar. I spit the words before me, chewing upon the fat, craving sinful playthings, a slice of this and that. My audience, a gift of malice, their faces a lie, I drink from its chalice.…
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The fire licked at his heels, the devil’s putrid flesh, it peels, back beyond its humanity, the demented killer within me. A shield of blood, a mask of mud, decaying flesh, deceit at his behest. I dance within the dying days, lost within its demented gaze. I’d cry if I knew where to begin, the…
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Its darkness sucked in the light, for the mirror’s edge knew delight. It reflected life without a care, disembodied with a flair for the debonair—it sat, it watched, it waited, counting time, while we hated. Collections of images, moments echoing in time, we wove them, blessed them, claimed them as mine. But all the while,…
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A billion, and yet one, sitting within the desolate void, becoming undone. I am, or is it was? A penance, resistance, a force of nature, unstoppable. Yet here I sit, wasting away, dying, unbecoming. Did I make this fate my own, or was I just written this way? Was I something, or was I just…
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While I walk, I see forgiveness within me. I glance afar, to the furthest star, and still, I see the nature that forsook me—a waking kiss, bliss filled with piss, a savage moon on an endless tree. The cradle worn, the silken dress aplenty. I stepped, I ran, I crawled, and I bawled. The distance…
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I was, so was thee. Words reverberate around me. A song, a sign, images mirrored deep inside. But to sing, to win, to have everything, seemed impossible from within. I fell down, apathy my crown. Laid bare my lie, a minute to die.
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Words written into text, broken verses made to hurt, perplexed. I awoke, the world broke. Entitlement seekers, bright red sneakers. Empty plains, bullets in our brains. We seek forgiveness, dying of a man-made sickness, yet belligerent words are spoken, dreams and hearts are broken. My cup empty, a letter sent to me. Words written in…