Writing Prompt

Maisie smiles over at me as we sit in the cold truck.

“It’s a beautiful night,” she says.

I nod, staring into her perfect eyes. She’s so beautiful, I can’t even bring myself to smile.

Maisie looks over her shoulder, smiling as she turns back to me. “Hey, why don’t we watch the fire works from the—“

“Back of the truck?” I finish her sentence.

Maisie nods brushing her bangs out of her face. “...

Alone with the night

That hugs us like a mother.

Her kisses are bright stars

That leave golden bruises on warm skin....

The glow was real

Our founding gods have died leaving only but light

We are the only ones left

There are ships taking us back

Second of death we arrive

The beyond kill

Where they are roaming in search of the abundant information...

The sun is so bright

It smites the dark

The sun is just the biggest star

An explosion happens every second inside the sun

That's out love.

That's us.

You and me.

Every sight, touch, and smell.

We share together is its own explosion.

It's our history,

The sun is our bright past, present, and future...

You are my only star.

Let's grow together

Let's make our last big bang together

Let's create...

The quiet of the moonless night is pierced by the cars headlights, much like the quiet of my mind being shattered by the arrival of a wake up call, bright and intense. In much the same way as a car driving down a darkened country lane suddenly lights up it’s surroundings with it’s piercing headlights, my mind can sometimes announce an arrival of a thought process, or a depressing moment or indeed ...

There’s no slowing

Where am I going

Somethings glowing

But not showing

Speeding toward

Oh lord

It can’t be ignored

Like a teacher when you’re bored

Like a knife when you have a sword

Futile

You got a knife?

I got a missile

Should have turned back

Before you become a burned stack

Needle in a...

Distant glimmer

Ever closer

Ever dimmer

Do as your told and pay attention

If it’s in chang...