Writing Prompt

"Demonstrate," the woman said, gnarling at the grit behind her mouth.

The other steadied herself on the ramp.

"What am I supposed to do again?"

"You know - just try not to incapacitate yourself in the process."

She nodded, realizing that this was the only way to solidify their relationship.

The motorcycle snarled to life; she revved it, shot a glance back, then popped a wheelie down the r...

"Wait, wait, wait, so you rented a manual knowing _full well _that neither of us know how to drive a stick?"

Despite the drunken drowsiness that plagued Mike's early morning, even he felt that such a thought was too stupid for Paul. That kind of optimism was rare and never went to Paul. Just once, Mike's tongue threatened to lash out the words, "You can't be that dumb, right?" But instead, his sh...

“D-I-N-A-M-I-T-E,” I said, defeated. I knew my answer was incorrect the moment ‘I’ instead of ‘Y’ escaped my lips. I’d have to wait another entire year to demonstrate my spelling skills on a national stage. Heartbreaking as it was, I couldn’t let defeat incapacitate me. Not after my dad and I spent every night for the past eight months staying up late and reviewing the dictionary! No—next year I’l...

Through darkness I was alone suffering in a pain no one notice crying everynight with my heavy heart.

I am always lonely felled with empty every pain hurtful words spinning around my brain.

Surround in darkness waking up with fake smile tears drop like pouring rain looking at myself filled with pain....

I had been sitting in my car for the last six hours waiting for my mark to make an appearance, and everything was starting to hurt from being cooped up for so long. I twisted awkwardly in the cramped space of my Nissan Leaf, limbs popping like old joints in a glowstick as I put my auburn hair in a messy bun on the top of my head and cursed as I noticed my clothes were covered in a layer of Dorito-...

When i first met you, you were a cool person with a really cool personality. We copied each others work, cheated on test. Skip classes, Rome the halls, played Fortnite, played Roblox and my most favorite we stayed up all night long talking and laughing. I remember on school nights when we would call and talk about the most random things and for some odd reason laughed at everything. I remember whe...

As he crept along the hall, Leo remembered his Captain demonstrating a takedown for him once.

He was silent as he entered that same Captain’s room, the knife barely swinging by his side, just as he learned.

_“The first step is making sure they don’t even know you’re there,”_ his Captain had said once, standing a bit too close to him.

Then Leo struck— he crushed his captain’s knees under _his_...

**demonstrate**. cut with the knife, slice against their pattern, thorough with determination.

**incapacitate**. make sure the bang is heard through the air, let the smell be a warning.

**solidify**. don’t let them move you, stare into the people with passion and fire.

dont let them move you._ be strong_....

The skills of a warrior are these as told, to understand what a heart truly holds.

Demonstrate your will on the field, picking and choosing who live and who kneel.

Incapacitate those who stand in you way, and pray over them when they have been slain.

Train body, soul, and mind for the values attested, for people or false prophets will come and will taint what you have invested.

And finally Soldify...

I need to solidify my decision. Very soon I might add. Do I stay on the straight and narrow or choose the easy path that could incapacitate my thoughts in the future. There’s nothing to demonstrate what I feel and the confusion that muddles my brain. I have to stay moral though. I choose the harder less, taken path, and choose what I know will make me feel better. I’ll turn myself in tomorrow. I c...