Writing Prompt

Long and behold, a cascade of endless flowing trees. Sprouts of widely vivid flowers danced and tangoed around my ever so bare feet. The swirl and sway of the wind wrapped around me like a gentle hug, and ever so slightly pulled away. My long blonde locks entangled around my ears. The sun, a glimmer through the trees. Carrying my feet along the slim path, more and more trees filled my eyes with th...

Old friend, would you wrap your branches

around my tired feet?

So that my steps won’t hurry back to him?

And would you weave a silky spider web

around my heart?

So that its beatings wouldn’t hurt that much?

Would you save me once again, old friend?

Lay down my body onto a bed of leaves,

Sing me your cheerful lullabies,

So I could cry instead of burning.

Then I could sleep into your wooden arms

an...

I sit up and look around, a groggy feeling engulfing my consciousness. I have no idea where I am or how I got here. My memory is fuzzy but I certainly wasn’t in the middle of no where when I fell asleep.

I have a vague memory of laying down in a stack of hay, Ev by my side.

Now, I’m alone, no stack of hay (or Ev) in sight.

I take a look around at my surroundings. The trees are tall, but the b...

Abby coughed as the stinging scent of bug spray pierced her nose. The bitter taste lingered on her tongue and she spit for good measure.

“Ack! I can’t believe I let you talk me into this.”

Cate smiled, “Come on, it’s not that bad. Nature can be healing and you’ve been so down since Mike—“

“Don’t even bring him up!”

The only thing more annoying than the mosquitos whining in her ears was the t...

Months of being clean I Felt like I’d won Summer brought warm I thought I was done days filled With laughter the sun on my face, but winter rolled in and I lost my place the nights grew so long the cold wrapped me tight old habits came back, whispering, and the night just one more slit and I thought it was fine but soon I was trapped in a dark tangled line with every new mark I felt release but th...

The leaves rustled in the cold, howling, wind. The tree trunks creaked as they swayed side to side with increasing intensity. ‘They call this land home.’ Said a voice from the darkness. But it fell on deaf ears, as the forest was empty of any living souls....

Morning dew still sits on the moss covered ground, the sunlight dancing through the branches that spread across the sky barely reaching the ground for the clouds to claim it back. The large oak leaves interlock in every direction at this point in the spring. The birds chirp throughout the trees, occasionally flashing by with their wings spread out. Honeysuckle scent fills the air as they bloom, be...

This is the story of a forest that has no color it is just black, white, gray, and dull. This forest is not scary though. You may think that with there being no color. In this forest the sky is grey, the trees are black, and the sun and moon a dark grey. In the forest people are at peace, they are not afraid. They walk through it hearing the calming sounds the woodland creatures. Birds sing, leave...

Faded light delicately touched the earths floor. As if to give it a good morning kiss, the winds flowed down allowing the ferns that littered the ground to tremble.

The forest breathed good morning to the small creatures that emerged from the depths of the trees, the burrows and nest that lay hidden. Each tucked away in spots only the they and the wind knew. Birds awaken and sing the daily gossip ...

Calm where trees grow tall

Fresh fog gently covers all

To relax in peace...