Writing Prompt

Dear journal,

Oh how I hate camp

My parents sent me to a sleep away camp

They said I would be a good way to experience what kids did long ago

I hated it no tec for 8 weeks not even a diora (voice activated planner)

So when they said camp I dreaded initiation even more

But today it is here they are going to collect my belongings for screening soon I barely had time to write thi…….

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Dear jornal 

I hate space food 

I hate not knowing what direction you are and how to use the bathroom

I hate what they are doing to 18 year olds

I just got my family back 

Were supposed to learn how to do the jobs on the ship

I know for a fact know that only 30% of the instructors have been on this ship before

Apparently I'm in the group training to be ¨space cops¨

At least I didn't get janitor

Si...

Dear journal

1008 people at the funeral 

There should have been 3036

If there where 3036 people there there would be no funeral

And if the world hadn't turned upside down 

I would be home

Now there is no world to turn upside down

Because of Chiron

The comet named for a protector and teacher in greek mythology

Now it is dust in a crater that destroyed North America and covered the world in smoke an...

21. November

Hoe can he just be so unbothered about everything. Mishu my cat. I can see the way he just exists. Nothing is stressing him out. He's not trying to get anywhere. He's just enjoying the mystical ride that life offers. He doesn't think about what he'll do in two hours. He only thinks about what he wants to do in the present. Completely grounded. Completely aware of its surroundings. It'...

Dear journal,

The adults are taking shifts watching us sleep 

Think well steal rations or sneak to the garden

It's their fault for depriving us of food

1 meal a day 

They sneak food out as well

At least we’re safe 

5 days until my birthday 

6 days 

I would have been on the bus to the bomb shelter with some of the other legal adults

But I’m 17 and safe

17 and already past the Kyper belt

17 and shar...

I just realized I _still_ haven’t told you, dear reader, my name. 

I suppose I must eventually, or you will read the accounts in this book and feel as though none of it could possibly be something you could learn from.

I am Quicksilver, or at least I am _called_ that, but I don’t remember my true name, which has long since abandoned me.  I am the master survivalist that everyone refers to when sp...

One of the earliest memories I have of the world is the hiding. Well, the running _and_ hiding, but there’s not much stuff to be said about the running.

The hiding is still clear in my mind, as crisp as autumn leaves or freshly cut titanium, sharpened and dangerous. I remember the words my sister said as she held me close, whispering soothing words to quiet me. I remember exactly how many times f...

Dear World,

How I know this is to the world? Well I am right now being classified as the other women by multiple women. Sarah, Lucy, Daniella, Amelia. There’s even more that I can’t name because my husband is a horrible man and doesn’t know when to stop.

Dear World,

Again I know this is to the world because, yet again, my husband cheated. Shocking. I think he has a problem that I can’t solve,...

Dear journal,

I can only hope 

The ledger of the lost is not complete

YET

At least my parents were assigned a ship

I can't imagine those left behind

Crushing metal and suffocation and slow poison from the underground gasses

The walls falling in

We heard the boom felt it

From millions of miles 

I swear Jupiter shook as we passed it

Or maybe that was me 

They say well have a funeral after the list i...

**Sophie**

**November 17, 2024**

Today I am grateful for… my dog, Merlot. Yes, I know I write about her all the time… But she is totally weird, and she keeps me laughing, even if I’ve had a bad day.

_Today, I choose joy._

_Today, I choose joy._

_Today, I choose joy._

Today could have been worse, I suppose. I wasn’t fired from my job like I thought might happen when Sam called me into her office...