PostsChallengesPortalsAuthorsBooks
Sign Up
Log In
Posts
Challenges
Portals
Authors
Books
beta
Sign Up
Search
Profile avatar image for l_r_augborne
Follow
l_r_augborne
9 Posts • 32 Followers • 21 Following
Posts
Likes
Challenges
Books
Profile avatar image for l_r_augborne
l_r_augborne in Micropoetry
6 reads

Decision

I decided to look at myself with a fresh set of eyes because after all, that is where the problem lies.

2
1
0
Challenge
Cliffhanger
Write a thrilling short story, but leave me on a cliffhanger wanting more. Please, no Sylvester Stallone references.
Profile avatar image for l_r_augborne
l_r_augborne
77 reads

Desolate

His eyelids fluttered. Grains of sand blanketed his eyelashes; scraping his eyes as he strained to pry them open. His vision was blurred, and a coursing pain rang through his head. A wavy sea of umber surrounded him.

He blinked with the force of a baby’s grasp. He squeezed his eyes shut, then open again. His vision cleared only a moment before the haze returned. His chest was heavy, and a searing pain traveled down his neck and into his back.

He coughed an aching, dry cough. One cough, and sand traveled from his throat down into his lungs. He gasped for air, making his first attempt to raise his hand to his chest. A dizzy spell came over him. He tried to raise his arm again, but the might of soiled earth weighed him down.

In a moment of clarity, he realized he was in the desert. Buried in the sand, packed tightly around him, up to his neck. Trapped in a body cast of soiled, brown, desert clay and to his dismay, it was nearly nightfall.

A storm roared above his head and lightening flashed across the bronze sky. Squinting his eyes with tensity, he struggled to see what was ahead of him, but his blurry vision returned. Sand danced and wailed around him as a wall of billowing dust, miles into the atmosphere, approached.

His eyes widened. The majestic, menacing force of nature hurled toward him. In a blink, the sun lost its bout to darkness and disappeared beneath the mountains.

The ominous cloud of sand barreled closer, and a flash of lightening illuminated it, in one last dance across the horizon. He closed his eyes and braced himself for what was to come. Would he be buried beneath it, or would he survive?

7
3
5
Challenge
Write about a stranger that caught your eye
Please, help me fall in love with this mysterious person. Let me be caught up in the mystery of why they're here, and where they're going! Please use whatever style fits your stranger!
Profile avatar image for l_r_augborne
l_r_augborne
14 reads

A Wandering Heart

His heart wanders endlessly.

Thinking, praying for what he hopes to be.

Idle yet full of life.

He yields to love and sacrifice.

Patience is his last device.

Gentle as a newborn soul.

A pure love will soon make him whole.

If he should wander near to me,

I'd keep him for eternity.

2
1
3
Challenge
Deepest Darkest
Your deepest darkest shit you don't tell a soul. Fuck it, I'll go first....
Profile avatar image for l_r_augborne
l_r_augborne
8 reads

The Truth

The truth is: our past is grim; our present is grim, and our future is grim. It is easy to believe we are all free. It is unthinkable to believe we are not.

0
0
0
Challenge
Death
Write a short story or poem about death. It cannot be negative. It must have a positive twist. Tag me!
Profile avatar image for l_r_augborne
l_r_augborne
11 reads

The Misfortune of Death

Death does not discriminate; it decimates anyone in its path.

Be it a star in a far-off galaxy or ours.

It obeys no law, not even time.

It exists in the present, never in the past, and knows nothing of the future.

Death. How could it be so bold?

To take those from us whom we long to hold.

Inevitable. A word most used to describe this harsh, indescribable truth.

A thing of no substance but a void much massive than any other.

Death. With all its mystery and misery,

Still, it is fair.

It does not discriminate but decimates anyone in its path.

The thing we love to hate but are forced to respect.

0
0
1
Challenge
When I close my eyes
Freestyle whatever comes to mind when you read “when I close my eyes”
Profile avatar image for l_r_augborne
l_r_augborne in Poetry & Free Verse
13 reads

When I Close My Eyes

When I close my eyes, life has no end. My spirit awakens. I can see without sight.

Galaxies float about in beautiful darkness, and stars shine close and bright!

When I close my eyes, I can feel what peace is. Aching muscles relax, the clutter in my mind fades. I focus on being.

The closest thing to freedom, absolute.

0
0
0
Challenge
Quitter?
Write something about quitting something or someone. Good or bad. No rules. Have fun.
Profile avatar image for l_r_augborne
l_r_augborne
24 reads

Quit.

I started to write this story, full of excitement and imagination. Creativity was flowing through me like waves in a never-ending sea, but I quit.

5
0
0
Challenge
Paradise
What are you looking forward to when you reach paradise? In 15 words.
Profile avatar image for l_r_augborne
l_r_augborne
14 reads

My Paradise

The warm embrace of my father, grandfather, and grandmothers. Welcoming me to a beautiful afterlife.

1
0
1
Challenge
Describe freedom in 15 words... with one caveat: you can't use the words free, freedom, freeing, freest or freer (even in the title).
Profile avatar image for l_r_augborne
l_r_augborne
16 reads

Release

Release. The thing of independence, pure and unrestrained. What every human being strives to attain.

3
1
0
Welcome
Welcome to Prose.! Publish your work, follow writers, and engage in community challenges.
By using Prose., you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
If you used Twitter or Facebook to get into your account and now can't get in, please contact us at support@theprose.com