late reply, but that's so good to hear! let us know if there's a particular aspect of the prompts that's helpful, or if there's something you'd want to see more of :)
this is so powerful, ty for sharing! love the sounds ("a broken body dragged across the field / half of me vanishing into a dark hole") and the imagery ("the canvas of my body") <3
Breath comes ragged
Shoulders sagging
Under the weight of collective harmony
Keep the peace
She must
See the splinters
She does
The world view isn't you
But
It must be
Lay the boulder at my feet
Let me help you see, help you carry
The weight of who you should have been
I am your brace
Follow my light
Wander my way
Walk in my shoes
Feel my soul
See your light
And
When you arrive
We fall
You have been here before
You know the steps
You know the act
There is no fall where boulders don't rest
And so the climb begins again
i love this!! the rhythm!!
"Keep the peace
She must
See the splinters
She does"
also "There is no fall where boulders don't rest" is a great line
-steph
thanks, v inspired :) Thank you both for putting all these fantastic prompts out. I love where they take my mind.
late reply, but that's so good to hear! let us know if there's a particular aspect of the prompts that's helpful, or if there's something you'd want to see more of :)
Thanks y'all so much for the prompt this week! I ran with the first one as a little stream-of-consciousness piece: https://thefixtape.substack.com/p/citrus
Ironically, To All the Boys I've Loved Before <3 :)
I loved your silence
The way your absence ripped our intertwined fingers apart like sweet challah
And how your twinkling grin always justified the grief
I loved your anger
The daily ritual where your dimmed heart sucked dry an almost infinite supply of kindness
And night after night your faults became mine
I loved your insecurity
The part where you hated yourself so much you saved me
And how my departure justified your denial
I loved your hesitance
The compromise where risking my pain was far more justifiable than yours
And the conditions that had to be satisfied for you to be
late reply but this is SO POWERFUL omg
"The way your absence ripped our intertwined fingers apart like sweet challah" is a rollercoaster of a line
also love the way the sounds emphasize the irony (hated / saved, grin / grief)
tysm for sharing! <3
very late to the game, but still wanted to share :)
this piece is half inspired by my own experiences/half inspired by the tragic greek myth of achilles and patroclus
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"patroclus"
chocolate-stained stolen kisses in a too-small bed
dark bruises splattered across the canvas of my body
songs echoing a whiplash laugh carved out of me
burning eyes squinting to find a lost path home
//
a war cry ringing in my ears
breath stolen by heart wrenching grief
a broken body dragged across the field
half of me vanishing into a dark hole, rotting with sweet-smelling death
//
days blurring endlessly past
reaching for a hand no longer there
unable to collect the love that spilled out of me
aching for my other half to click into place
this is so powerful, ty for sharing! love the sounds ("a broken body dragged across the field / half of me vanishing into a dark hole") and the imagery ("the canvas of my body") <3