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mmurphy
" the stomach inside my brain, throws up onto the page " |twenty one pilots|
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Write a short story with only five sentences, and each sentence must have only five words.
Five total sentences. Five words per sentence. 25 words total.
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mmurphy in Fiction

CAVE (beware)

She put in the key. Gave it a hearty twist. Then cranked the radio up. Nobody's to mess with her. Especially not this very day.

Challenge
Put a smile back on my faces, my darlings. Invite laughter back into my days, one write at a time. Create a poem or story of any length with an element of nature as the central character. At the heart of this tree's, cloud's, tree frog's (your story, your chose of anything under the sun or beyond it) story or poem, a profound epiphany is revealed. Please tag me @PhynneBelle in the comments. #lifereveals
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Asteria

He loved Cassiopeia.

She was resilient.

Cassy was so crazy about astronomy and the legends. She loved how they weren't perfect and how the endings weren't normal to us.

They would sit in the bed of his truck in the middle of the track field at night. And they would look up at the stars and rewrite the endings off the legends.

He would bring a picnic.

She would bring the laughter.

But when she was gone,

All he could think about was the beauty in it all.

He still did the same routine,

But without her.

His head was stuck in the clouds and there was no way of coming down.

And all he could hear was her laughter when he looked up at the stars.

Challenge
What is home? Create a poem or a short story about home. Bring me there. Make me feel at home or not.
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mmurphy in Poetry & Free Verse

Shatter Me

Home is where the heart is.

But my heart has been shot.

And it seems like it's not meant for forever

Because it shattered like glass.

Home is where I feel safe.

A safe haven;

If even that.

Somewhere I can run and reminisce the good days.

My home is in my heart where I feel safe.

And it has branched out to you,

And for some reason yours has done the same.

Because my heart has shattered

I'm no longer near

But I still live in your heart

So don't you tear.

We've collided

and home is with each other

in which I trust thee to be there

Then and Now.

Not for another.

Challenge
Tell me why your favorite song is your favorite
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Miss You - Foster the People

This song is about how he misses his girl and can't wait to see her again. It doesn't matter how long ago he'd seen her, it's just that he's so excited to see her again. And this to me represents love.

This is an underrated song because it's great and it's not about money, sex, or drugs. It's just plain and simple.

And I'm simply in love with the idea of love because of this song.

Challenge
"I feel like falling...." write a poem using those words or any variation of those words.
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tempus est lapis

The room is pitch black;

And all I know is that time is stone.

No turning back the second hand.

Only our mistakes to remember.

And I won't be able to look away.

Not even for a second.

Everything is etched into the stone.

And I want to be alone.

I can't think.

Nor can I breathe.

Not at the site of you.

Melting.

I feel like melting into slush.

Or until I can no longer see again.

For your mistakes are much bigger than mine.

If I can't melt, then you can look back at me.

And I can forgive.

But I will never forget.

Because when you left,

I felt like falling.

Falling.

Falling.

Falling.

Challenge
Two Words. Create the most sensory inspiring - or adverse - two word phrase. The challenge may say 15 words minimum, but that's wrong. :)
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I feel

"I feel" that statements that start with this have no meaning anymore; for me anyways.

Challenge
Write your feelings about rain. Does it affect your moods, what do you do when it rains, is it cleansing or threatening? Do you like to be alone or with someone? Where do you like to be when it rains? Express your thoughts in any genre.
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Dancing in the rain; I am simply insane.

The pitter-patter of the rain on the roof makes me feel at home. It's like comfort food, but for the weather.

It's a little twisted that rain makes me happy, but in a way it's special to me.

Challenge
Express the deepest love in 3 words. You can't use "I love you" or the word love <3
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Express

Hold me tight.

Challenge
Optimist, Pessimist or Realist? Which are you and what's your strategy for remaining true to your outlook on life? What keeps you centered on that belief? Or do you fluctuate with mood or specific occurrences in life? I want to know! Any form of writing is fine. Let's go up to 500 words. Minimum of 50. If your a pessimist, make me think like you, optimist, give me your positive secret, realist...bring me down to reality. I need good hard convincing! Tag me! I will do one too! Poem or whatever!
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Reality

You can never stop having dreams, but can you ever achieve them? Being a realist is looking at the big picture and saying "what do I need to do to get there?" Dreams are sometimes like fairytales. They seem real to a certain point, but there will always be the aspect of 'this isn't real and it can never happen'.

Being a realist can be a "buzzkill" because you come up with dreams, then you shoot them down because you know in the back of your mind that it's never going to happen.

Things like owning a cat can be real, but if you're allergic to them it's not because in some way you're risking your life. Things like becoming famous can't be a reality if you don't have a plan or a great idea to show the public. Realistically, if the chance is 1/million, it's probably never going to happen. If it's more like 1/10, then it's more likely. Being practical and being a daydreamer is different. It doesn't mean you can't be both, but it's best if you changed your views so you don't discourage yourself from doing something great our something that 'could've been'.

There's a fine line between chasing your dreams and shooting them down.

Challenge
How are you different? Why should you be considered unique - unlike the 7 billion other people in the world?
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mmurphy in Poetry & Free Verse

Abnormal

There are good days and bad days. And I like to think about everything. I'm not that one person that's easy to sidetrack. I'm that person that thinks about reality versus the big picture. I think in the shower, when I listen to music, whenever. I think too much.