Writing Prompt

Sitting in the sun outside my favorite cafe, for the first time in months I felt a sense of peace. Usually when I was alone with my thoughts I felt a sense of panic, but as the sun warmed my cheeks, my brain was finally quiet. I tightened my grip on my coffee and brought it to my lips, closing my eyes as I savored it.

“Can I get you anything else?” My eyes fluttered open to find a waitress hoveri...

Sitting in the sun outside a coffee shop, I get this overwhelming feeling of… anger

No.

Resentment.

Resentment of where I am. Living in the present isn’t any fun compared to living in your own romanticized past.

I can’t go back. The only things left in the past is what I wish to forget, I took all of the good stuff with me. I have to keep walking, but my feet hurt, my eyes are watering, and...

The sun illuminates on my face as the wind passes through my locks.

No one around will ever know my thoughts.

Just feet ahead of me is the girl of my dreams so unreal and kind, she Will be mine.

Her skin smooth and pale as she sits oh so elegantly, she can’t know as I wave of possession passes over me.

Greed and dark thoughts consume my mind, although, I keep smiling as If I’m just fine.

She ...

Finally drifting

Riding with the wind

Floating across the sky

With pretty, soft clouds

Watching the world

Adrift

But what if

I get swept up in the winds

And these peaceful skies

Turn to hurricanes

The wild winds

I know so well

Twisting and spinning

Not knowing where

But knowing you’re going

Someplace, somewhere

With no control

And my mind is back in that moment

Calm and comforted

Realizing that...

I grasped my Vanilla Bean Dream latte, lifted it to my lips, took a large gulp, and then licked away my foam mustache. I took a deep breath and noticed the trees with rustic leaves against a royal blue sky. I smiled. I was pervaded by warmth and gratitude....

The feeling creeps slowly, filling my bones with a deep sense of nostalgia.

I remember the days I was young, sitting in the same spot outside the cafe.

I was clueless, free, and hopeful.

My dreams were wild and tasteful, but now those dreams have disappeared into solemn ashes, burned away by the fire of the world.

The warmth of the sun does nothing to warm the coldness of nostalgia.

The feel...

It was the sunniest day of the week. It had been cloudy for so long I had forgotten what it felt like to be warm.

I decided to spend the day at my favourite cafe drinking my favourite tea and reading my favourite book.

It was going to be a perfect day.

It was too perfect. And that felt wrong. It felt wrong to feel good. It felt wrong to have such a good day.

It shouldn’t be happening. It can’t...

I know everything is okay right now. It doesn’t matter what happenes tomorrow or what happened yesterday. Right now I’m living in the now. I just want to sip the coffee and enjoy the now. I don’t have to worry about the yet. Right now I want to ignore all the things that make the world crazy. Right now is the time for peace....

Sitting in her minivan in the grocery store parking lot, she felt anchored to the drivers seat. She knew she had to muster the will to go inside. Her to-do list has no bottom. But right now? She was just going to sit there, all alone in deafening but glorious silence. How long could I sit here, she wondered, without rousing suspicion about what’s taking her so long to get back home.

Meanwhile, he...

Contemptment flooding over you like a cool, refreshing wave on a hot summer day. In reality, maybe that’s just the sweat dripping down your back from the harsh midday sun beating down on your skin. Either way, you’re happy to be outside and indulging in some much needed and well deserved alone time - even if you made the poor decision to sit outside in the hot sun with an even hotter coffee instea...