Writing Prompt

It’s easy to fly in dreamland

With no bills or ties to reality

Elevating to new heights

But don’t let yourself

Float away to the moon

Or you’ll miss under your feet

The flowers that bloom

The every day small wonders

That brighten the gloom...

We gaze at its glow with admiration and wonder,

Marveling at this full bright rock we’re under.

We tell it our secrets, wishes and dreams,

But it isn’t as it seems.

Don’t let yourself float away to the moon,

Or you’ll miss the flowers under your feet that bloom.

Don’t be tricked, its light isn’t its own.

Darling, you should’ve known, it’s just one big stone.

Once it’s waining you’d ...

Don’t let yourself float away to the moon,

Or you’ll miss the flowers under your feet that bloom.

Let your heart soar,

So your soul may roar.

Feel the warmth in your chest,

So you may rise to your best.

Don’t let yourself float away to the sun,

Or your’ll miss the doubts you shun.

Let your head dream,

So your eyes may gleam.

Feel the earth under your toes,

So you may beat your foes.

…

I lov...

Don’t let yourself float away to the moon

or uou will miss the flowers under your feet

that bloom

Don’t gaze upon scars

for they can not heal your scars

Don’t stare into the sun

for it shall sheild you from the fun

Don’t get lost in the sky

Or you will miss saying goodbye

Don’t run away to play

Because before long you will never want to stay

Don’t lose sight of the light

And continue to put u...

You may think there is a greater future up there

But if you need to look, look here

If you get to close to the stars,

You’ll never know what’s been waiting down here for you

Don’t let yourself float away to the moon,

Or you’ll miss the flowers under your feet that bloom

Don’t say I didn’t warn you

When your alones with you and yourself

Because the moon is barren rock

While here is where life thri...

The present moment is all we sow.

So don’t get caught reaping in the low.

Let go of the noise, worries, and stress.

For the mind is a maze that leads to distress.

Don’t let yourself float away to the moon.

Or you’ll miss the flowers under your feet that bloom.

Breathe in the silence and feel your skin.

The answers we seek are already within.

Don’t chase the future or linger in the past.

Live in th...

Don’t let yourself float away to the moon, or you’ll miss the flowers under your feet that bloom.

Don’t miss the chance to fill your heart because you’re too busy trying to find the room.

Don’t leave your faith anywhere on that path by focusing too much on the formidable doom.

And most importantly, make sure that you’re here today because it’ll all be gone real soon....

Front door ajar

Shrugged aside by an insistent breeze

Over restless surface of

congealed cat food tins

Boxes meant for recycling

Bloom on trash bags like promises

Smeary plastic dishes piled against

The tide of unwashed forks

Me curled like a shell

Moored under my knit comforter

hoping to float away...

don’t let yourself float away to the moon

or you’ll miss the flowers under your feet that

bloom

you were so loving once,

upon my bed i lay,

feet kicking

as you typed my doubt away

as you called me beautiful as you called me yours

i miss it

you were so perfect once,

so perfect that it was easy to ignore how

everyone around me hated you

i wish you were still perfect

maybe then i wouldn’t have had...

In my youth,

my feet were tied to the ground

for but once a year.

Each summer,

I was set free in the once-foreign mountains

that quickly became the closest thing

I'd ever had to call home.

I was the kid always lost in a daydream in history class

wishing I was running through the pines,

playing Capture the Flag with my summer camp friends

instead of running down the sidewalk

from the bus stop...