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“Trying to light a match in the rain”
You do not have to use this phrase but as long as it’s the same concept. Wrote whatever, as long as it’s poetry or prose. ;)

A match in the rain

Trying to get you to love me

is like trying to light a match in the rain.

It's pointless,

because

after a small blaze,

a small spark,

it will die out

as the water touches it,

and

all

that

will

remain,

would

be

a

tendril

of

smoke.

All that will remain would be a memory,

or two.

A smile

or

touch.

A feeling

or

echo.

You & I

would be

like that

tiny flame

lit on

the match,

short,

and blazing

but

for

only a

heart

beat,

before

singeing

out into

nothing,

into

smoke.

13.7.2020

Challenge
“Trying to light a match in the rain”
You do not have to use this phrase but as long as it’s the same concept. Wrote whatever, as long as it’s poetry or prose. ;)

i thought we would be different.

they always told me you didn’t fall in love,

but i thought i could prove them wrong

my cigarette was rendered useless as the rain poured down on me,

masking the tears that streamed down my face

they served as a bitter but apt reminder,

that i was wrong

i should’ve listened,

i should’ve realized you could only ever love yourself

as i tried to spark the light to no avail i realized that our love was as impossible as lighting a match in the rain

Challenge
“Trying to light a match in the rain”
You do not have to use this phrase but as long as it’s the same concept. Wrote whatever, as long as it’s poetry or prose. ;)

Impossible

Trying to love someone you don't is like trying to light a match in the rain.

Trying to climb a 100-foot tree is like trying to light a match in the rain.

Trying to go the speed of light is like trying to light a match in the rain.

Trying to break into the pentagon is like trying to light a match in the rain.

It is not impossible, but improbable.

Challenge
Challenge of the Week CXCVI
January 2021. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose.

Choose Life, not Death

there will be no

2021

because we are fighting

(dying)

in a plagued world

of disease

distaster

and demoralization.

there is no

specific time

to capture

specific events

as it is an

endless

raging

war

that

just

keeps

g g

n o

i and i

o n

g g

January 1st, 2021

is no different than

July 13th, 2020

unless

we

stop

this

wrath.

why?

why must we continue on

plunging metaphorical

(and non-metaphorical)

swords into each other's backs

like we have not experienced

the same parasitic

p a i n

that eats away at our life?

life

is a gift

but we treat it like we treat our food

throwing it away because we can.

do we really want a

2021?

becuase all of the suicides

and heynis crimes

scream that all we want is death

(don't you get tired of your ears bleeding and your chest heaving?)

it isn't fair

how we treat human beings

unfairly

because we think it is

fair

because

"they are not like us".

I hope that we wake up from this sleep

(this nightmare)

and realize that indifference

was all but monster

we placed in our heads

(like the ones we feared as children).

there will be no

2021

unless we end

this loop of death

(of destruction and difference)

and make time mean something again.

so,

tell me,

what's your choice?

Challenge
write an original, impactful one-line sentence
Write ONE sentence, no more, no less, that will impact your reader. It must be original. (I've been obsessed lately with writing one-line sentences, if u looked at my account XD) I wanna see what you guys have... BLOW ME AWAY--and tag me! :D

We created this imposter-world to escape the vast and confusing complexity but here we are - trapped in it.

Challenge
write an original, impactful one-line sentence
Write ONE sentence, no more, no less, that will impact your reader. It must be original. (I've been obsessed lately with writing one-line sentences, if u looked at my account XD) I wanna see what you guys have... BLOW ME AWAY--and tag me! :D
Cover image for post Falling down, by Characidal_kid

Falling down

I fell twice in my life,

once down the stairs and once for you.

Challenge
write an original, impactful one-line sentence
Write ONE sentence, no more, no less, that will impact your reader. It must be original. (I've been obsessed lately with writing one-line sentences, if u looked at my account XD) I wanna see what you guys have... BLOW ME AWAY--and tag me! :D

you were a calculated risk, so it's a shame i was never good at math

Challenge
give me your dumbest metaphor for life
life is like ... ?

Life is like..

Sex!

You can either put up with the bump and grind that life can be sometimes

or

you can throw your hands in the air and enjoy

the ride!

20th June 2020 - Celia Poppinjay

Challenge
give me your dumbest metaphor for life
life is like ... ?

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Life is a kitten. Super duper cute and fluffy, until you get your eyes clawed out.

Challenge
Don't wanna die
Tell me how you don't wanna die as in which state you would hate to leave this world in... Tag me

To die well is to live well

As if Death could whisper in my ear, “Tell me dear, how shall we meet?”

And I’d say, “If I must meet you, then wait, will you? Wait till the moment my shoulders relax. Wait till the burden has lifted and the fire has dwindled. Come only when I can look at you and smile, embrace you and die.”

A life lived for me

Is a life not lived at all.

A life lived for a cause,

Is a death worthy of that cause.

As I race against time, I will meet you sweet Death, but until then hold off, I have much left to do.