Writing Prompt

Listen!

Don’t glisten

Or gesture

Sit still

Keep your will

Don’t speak

Don’t be weak

Be silent

And resilient

But at this moment

Don’t torment

Me

With the thought

Of you rambling

And gambling

On your fate

It’s late

Just sit there

Don’t disappear

Like you always

Do...

Shhh…Be quiet,

Don’t speak.

Using your voice,

They’ll throw away the key.

Black Girl Magic,

They know what it means.

Your voice holds power,

That’s why your silenced

When the world hears,

And shows that your seen.

Don’t be bold,

Be cautious with your words,

The stories yet told,

Due to warning danger that lurks.

In the silence I’ll crumble,

Giving power to the storms that rumble.

Stop trying t...

Trying to blow up is such a chore

You pour your soul into it for just a “hurr”

Is it ‘cause there’s no rhyme scheme

Or the subject matter’s too explicit?

Would you prefer I littered my poem with trigger warnings in it?

I don’t know who I’m trying to please

You don’t even know me

As far as my eyes can see

The algorithm won’t show me

Off to anybody out here

So I might as well keep my works in the dr...

you’re the wish

I make at 11:11

the one commonality

in all of my sweet dreams

my lucky numbers are

your birthday

and how many letters

are in your name

if I ever find a four-leaf clover

I hope I’m lucky enough to be yours

if I ever find a genie in a lamp

your wish is to be my command

I want you to be happy

and to be happy with you

you’re all I can think of

the light in every day

I can’t wait ...

At this point I need to be more wise
I've seen enough to know what's a lie 
I can't expect for things to get better 
That would only keep me stuck forever 
The truth is that you're just in my way
A life without you is full of better days
Anything is better than sticking around
A wonderful world is waiting to be found...

(This is based off of the adult swim/[AS] videos that were popular a while back ago. I don’t relate to this but if you do I’m so sorry and I’m here to listen if you want to talk. Hope you have a great day and happy pride! Sry this isn’t a poem!)

*TW: Unsupportive parents*

“Mom, Dad,” Quinn began. “I have something to tell you.”

“Yes? Go on,” their father, Oliver, stated.

“I’m...

The only thing hurting my heart right now

Is you and your reptilian breath

Pressing down on me like water pressure

Too heavy to push away

Too sharp to breath through

My chest heaves

My lungs scream

Everything you’ve ever said is leaning down on me

My ribs will explode

My heart will implode

Because I can’t get you off my chest

Because you’re heavier than the rest

Because if I ever let this pain g...

Why do I write.

Why do I use trauma in the the things I write.

Do I enjoy it?

No, never.

So why do I write?

Is it an outlet?

A form of entertainment?

A way to keep me sane in the walls that hold me?

It may be.

I’ll never know.

But trauma helps the reader connect.

But does it, would it?

These things that run through my brain.

Am I good at this?

Am I even worth it?

Yes, no....

Why am I the way I am?

Why do I hold you so close

But hang you so far away

Keep you an inch off the post

I want to be more than friends

But I don’t want to have you yet

I want you to find someone to love

But I smile when love isn’t met

I’m not who you deserve right now

I guess I wanted some more time

But I know you yearn for a hand

But I pray it out of your life

I don’t know why I’m this way

I...

1.First time I rolled the dice, I crapped out

2. Then I tried roulette

I bet on red

black came out!

3.Marriage is like a casino.

You’re up one minute

then you’re down the next

But at the end of it all

When your chips are low

REMEMBER!

The house always wins!...