Day 115

"The emotion is draining out of me
I used to love so passionately and
now I can barely drag myself out
of bed and welcome the thoughts
inside my head. These days are
dragging longer but the energy
you give makes me stronger."

Day 114

"If I open up to you, it means you're special. Not in a 'at-last-you're-worthy-of-my-soul' way. It's more of a 'I-trust-you-with-all-my-faults' type of way. I like you. I want you to see me at my worst and at my best. I want to show you how I look when I laugh and when I cry and when I laugh so hard that I cry. I want to show you every freckle and every scar, whether it's on my skin or on my heart."

Day 113: Electric Love

"Your love is electric
with every touch
a surge of lust
rushes through
my veins and
stains my blood a
vibrant red that
matches your heart."

Day 112: Ghost

"It took me so long to realize that you
are not worth one tear I cry so why
do you still haunt my dreams at night?"

Day 111: Light

"You took all my light
with you when you left and now
I'm sitting alone in the cool
darkness waiting for someone
to show me an escape."

Day 110: Stones

Once a falling star I watched with awe, now 

a dull stone I kick at my feet with longing. 

I fell so hard for you at first and now I have 

to pretend to love you. Was it you who stopped

trying, or me? Because I can't figure out how 

two people can give up on each other so easily.

I fell so hard that I never wanted to get up, 

but now I'm just being dragged on the ground. 

Day 109: Fate

"At last I have found
what I desire most and
it rests in Fate's hands."

Day 108: Blood

"When my heart aches
it's words that pour out
not blood
and these words
are more powerful than
the sharpest sword
they are carved
by desire
and anger
but have more beauty than
the largest pearl
like blood
however
they stain every surface
they touch
breathing life into all
who will listen."

Day 107: Happily Ever After

Love set in chains
bounded by eternity and
quenched with desire,

Two hearts forever entwined
split when 
love ceased to inspire.

One heart remains,
broken
shattered and torn,

knowing that
when one breaks
another is born.

Day 106: Acronym Poetry

"Love like the galaxy
On a clear day, for
Venus is visible
Even when the stars don't shine."

Day 105

"My heart is so heavy
with unwavering love
I feel as if it will
burst at any moment

and you will be
there to see all the
memories that make
my heart so full."

Day 104: Red

Red stands out well when it's 

the only color in a world of 

black and white, the color of

a withering rose. Red stands 

out well as every petal scatters

around the room, fluttering to

the surface with a softness that

cannot be explained until you've

experienced it. Red means I am 

living, because with every drop 

of blood that hits the ground, I 

become more and more alive. 

Day 103: 10-Word Story

"Why do good things enter my life only to leave?"


I love 6-word and 10-word story exercises because they remind me how important each word is in a poem, short story, or any form of writing. It's important to practice being concise. Every word should add value to the message you're conveying.

They're a really fun exercise that all writers should try doing.

Day 102: Six Word Story

"Friends to lovers, lovers to strangers."

Day 101: Mend

"I'll carry you with me,
a heart on my sleeve
broken pieces falling
as memories shatter
a heart in my hand,
I carry a heart in my hand,
but this time it's mine
and I'm making it stronger,
since the day you broke it
I've been mending the pieces
back together."

Day 100: Sea

"I hold my breath and
dive below; salt water like
silk against my skin."

Day 99: Drowning

"you would have never guessed
that she's drowning
slowly drowning
but there she is
with a cigarette between red lips
telling me she is not okay
her eyes plead for me to save her
'I'm coming'
I say to her but she does not hear me
I am too late
and I watch
as a cloud of smoke consumes her 
leaving nothing but a burned out cigarette
laying on the ground."

Day 98: Stars

"and when the stars align
I know you're there,
they'll call us star-crossed lovers,
an ocean away
looking at the same crescent moon,
a sliver in the sky that's ours and only
ours."

Day 97: End

A salty tear escapes blurry eyes
and burns on the skin,
a lump in my throat
and wetness on my chin.
We remember the day we said
'til death do us part'
but that's easy to say when
suffering from a broken heart.

Day 96: Desire

Cradle my heart
in your nimble hands,
overwhelm me
with desire,
desire to love
more than my heart
can hold,
more than I am capable.
But I do it anyway,
carry as much of you
as I possibly can,
because when my heart bursts,
it means I'm whole. 

Day 95: Six Word Story

"I am stronger than your words."

Day 94: Rhymes

If there's nothing left
that I can do,
let me ask one more
thing of you.
Wake me up before
you leave,
walk away and
then I'll believe
but until then
you're not really gone,
I'll watch for your return
at the break of dawn.

Day 93: Soul

you say you are fine
but your eyes say otherwise

I can no longer find
a deep blue ocean to drown in
when I look at you
 
you say you are fine
but I say otherwise
you carry a heart on your sleeve
and scars on your heart
but you haven't shown me your soul.

Day 92: Time

Maybe like time, the
more I think about you, the
longer you will stay.

Day 91: Autumn

I lay on my back
and look up at the trees,
colors so vibrant,
wind tearing the leaves free.
I am in love with autumn
for the soft sound of hummingbirds pecking
the barren trees
and I am in love
with the words tumbling out of my pen
along with the orange and red hues
that fall again and again.
Cool wind grazes my skin
and leaves crunch beneath my feet,
I could lay beneath the trees
forever listening to my own heartbeat.

Day 90: Fix Me

A jar of secrets
and healing wounds; break me so
I can feel again.

Day 89: Song Without Words

Come sit down,
I have something I need to tell you.
Hushed whispers,
avoided eye contact,
then silence.
I'm sorry,
I say,
I'm sorry.
You sit across from me calmly,
a song without words,
understood only through
a pale face
and shivering hands.
I hear nothing.

Day 88: Discovery Haiku

"I have come up with
the secret formula for
true happiness: love."

Day 87: Broken

"And you are still whole
though your heart may be broken,
do not leave with guilt
or words left unspoken."