Writing Prompt

My hands on top of yours holding an umbrella

Still dripping from the moments before it was opened

Caught in a downpour we are still

My eyes and yours

Wet hair and damp clothes

The rain is curtains around us

The only sound is water on nylon

Followed by water in gutters

There’s no place I’d rather be

Than shivering under and umbrella with you....

Two strangers in the rain

Two hearts filled with pain

Two stories that brought only sorrow

Two minds wonder if they will see tomorrow

They meet in a desolate place

Wanting to come and vanish without a trace

A single glance is shared

Neither one prepared

To feel a stir of warmth

In the coldest place on earth...

In the rain, I stand

Stranded

Without a ride

A stranger runs up

With an umbrella

Looking like a Phoenix in the dim light

He looks at me

Standing alone in the rain

Without cover

He moves closer

Sharing

His shield....

As I wait for the lights, it starts to rain down.

Pop the umbrella I’ve been lugging around town.

To my left is a woman, clothes ratty and old.

As a strong gust picks up, she is shivering cold.

Bullets of water slam into her face,

My expensive suit remains perfect in place.

As I look at this woman I think of my mother,

Poor, unprepared — I offer some cover.

She smiles at me meekly and tucks h...

He stares, she stares. “Sorry”. She walks away, he walks behind. Ten minutes later, “Did you wanna say something back there?” “WTH!” She speedwalks inside her house. He waits outside for a few seconds, then turns around and leaves. The next day she steps out side . “Shoot I forgot my umbrella.” She grabs it and stares at it for a few seconds. Flashbacks of last night cross her mind. She heads to w...

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How’s your day been?

Boring.

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Mines been good.

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You don’t talk a lot, do you?

Nope.

Got kids?

Nope.

Want some?

What the- I’m married.

No, like do you want some? They are in back of my car....

Rain was expected today.

A blown out engine wasn’t.

I swiped my umbrella up on the way out.

At the bus stop is a lady.

Her hair peppered and face expressionless.

I notice the tremble in the woman’s silhouette.

drenched silhouette.

I watch the heavy rain fall over top of her.

I step closer and bring my hand out.

covering us both.

she remains deathly still, without a hint of gratitude

To her the...

Extra extra

Extra extra

You’re special

You bring the sun out

Even when it’s cloudy

We could be each others umbrella forever

Progression takes us higher and higher

Progression pregression

You got me evolving

Progression progression

you the one who got me evolving

You’re picking up the pieces of my heart well you fix me

Extra extra

Extra extra

You’re special

You bring the sun out even...

God, I fear today

I am at risk of

Spontaneous combustion

How quick am I to cry

To be moved to tears

At the thought of love lost

Simple conversation

Menial question, small talk,

Just as simply

The voice starts to crack,

A well erupts

And you hide your face

Or, no.

Give it shelter.

A part of me believes we live in the only universe boomerangs could feasibly exist.

I relent-

Maybe it’s...

I ran, trying to find shelter.

Using my new jacket as an umbrella.

It coveres my eyes, I couldn’t see where I was going.

Then, I ran into you.

You cought me before I could fall, holding me against you.

You look down at me, I look up at you, and our eyes meet.

I have never seen such a beautiful brown, gold flecks in them.

Dancing.

I catch myself thinking of what they would look like in the sun.

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