Writing Prompt

If there were an eighth deadly sin, it would be Oblivion — the willful smothering of empathy, a cold refusal to see another’s suffering even when it bleeds before your eyes. It festers in hearts that grow numb, in souls that turn away not from ignorance, but from the heavy inconvenience of compassion. Oblivion is not simple ignorance; it is a deliberate choosing of blindness, a snuffing out of sha...

I know the prompt asked for a descriptive paragraph, but a story came to me instead. One of those instances when you start to write and what shows up on "paper" is totally different from the original idea.

“Why do you think you have such a hard time forgiving yourself?” he inquired, eyes piercing into her soul. He had the look of someone who was determined to uncover the truth. Or someone who l...

Silence as pride grows to a poisonous peak and arms ego with destructive power. Inaction as greed surpasses one’s empathy. Self control failing as lust eclipses actual love for others. Quiet as envy rises to choke the humanity out of the jealous. Doing nothing as glutton overwhelms rational thinking. Preaching peace to the innocent as the wrath of others takes over their minds. Succumbing to sloth...

Nostalgia, defined as the art of sentimental longing. Shielded behind a veil of wistfulness, it makes you ignore the present, worry about the future and yearn for the past. It has an addictive quality, innocuous at first, but once you taste its meloncholic sweetness, it’s hard to let go.

Nostalgia, the 8th deadly sin, best left untouched....

This pestilence is the enabler. The beginning. The corruption from which the Seven are born.

A silent scourge rots in the hearts of mankind. A coldness that smothers the gentle warmth of emotion and leave emptiness and inhumanity.

It appears as indifference in the face of suffering. Numbness in the face of passion. Blindness in the face of injustice.

An endless void that even Sloth fears.

Apa...

All living things have hearts.All living creatures with a heartbeat are gods creations!

Let’s talk about domestic animals, such as dogs,and cats!

All they want is to be loved by their owners!

I saw something horrific, as I was walking down the street one day. It was a beautiful sunny day, not a cloud in the sky.So, I decided to take a little stroll.I saw a man walking his little dog. This man con...

Hurtling down the interstate at 75 miles per hour in a black minivan, my family is headed to grandma’s house. My dad is driving, my mother riding shotgun, my brother and I sitting in the two middle seats, and my two sisters in the very back. My youngest sister, ever the trouble maker slyly grins and lets loose. The stench filled the van, as the back car seat rumbled. My brother groaned, my secon...

Perhaps the most deadly sin lives amongst man now. It dwells beneath the surface of the shield that pretends to protect, but leads to death. When the other sins leads us here, it is the end. We pretend we know nothing of what is going on, who caused the uproar or disrupted nature. When truths finally come to be, we see we all have turned a blind eye to something. Pretending we don’t feel it or wit...

Curl your eyes in my palm

No paths are left in sight

Give you my lantern for a bit

Just for it to neglect the light

A blueberry pie that smells of dirt

A burning sun that brings the frost

You can’t be trusted anymore

Like a love that turns out to be lost

A golden hope turned to rubber

As you take what was meant to be

Throw my vision into a slumber

Where I don’t trust the air I breathe

Decieve m...

No one talks about the eighth deadly sin— abandoning. An average person who embodies this sin will never stay with any of their loved ones, including their children and family. They never stay at the same job or house for more than a week. Maybe, just maybe, they are running from the police to commit such a sin that many times…...