07-14-2013, 11:26 AM
So I stumbled upon this list of 180 writing prompts for middles schoolers and I decided to use them as inspiration. Prompt #1 was "Write about returning to school from summer vacation"
"Brief and Spectacular"
Sun-soaked limbs folded
jittery
Tick, tock
Snow white mineral and rock
I remember the laughter
and the heat
and nothing else
Maybe solving for x
in his wide eyes
Exciting experimentation
Exhilerating exploration
Oh yeah and the freedom
I remember the opiate
orally, transdermally
Yesterday limits snapped
Feeling for heaven before
the streetlights flashed
Misery articulates today
Stimulating our minds
instead of our brand new bodies
A brief but spectacular lifetime
contained
in yellow metal
"Brief and Spectacular"
Sun-soaked limbs folded
jittery
Tick, tock
Snow white mineral and rock
I remember the laughter
and the heat
and nothing else
Maybe solving for x
in his wide eyes
Exciting experimentation
Exhilerating exploration
Oh yeah and the freedom
I remember the opiate
orally, transdermally
Yesterday limits snapped
Feeling for heaven before
the streetlights flashed
Misery articulates today
Stimulating our minds
instead of our brand new bodies
A brief but spectacular lifetime
contained
in yellow metal