InkFreak

Write for oneself and no one else, only then will you truly enjoy using the pen

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Perhaps lost in translation?

(There was an error with the previous challenge, many apologies) As writers, it is inevitable that someone would misinterpret or even disregard something based on what you write. Perhaps they'll even think you're someone completely different. In any form, write about something your worried people will misunderstand, have already misunderstood, or misinterpret about your writings. Perhaps even write about something people assume about you based on your writings

CEH4255 in Stream of Consciousness

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I am blessed

I go back and read my words a lot

and think about the reflection they might make

it's hard to say just what I think of myself

but I know that I am more than heartache

I write about confusion

about decision making

about the pain that comes when doors are closed for you

I write about my life

and about others that I know

and still others that do not exist,

but that you might relate to

I am not miserable

I am grateful for my life

I believe that God has saved me from the evil of mankind

I am by no means perfect

and I still have (real) bad days

but despite the pain in my words

my life is pretty great.

I am blessed with a family who knows me and is true

in their affection and so I honor them

the best I can

I am blessed with a job that I find fulfilling

despite being incredibly frustrating

I am blessed with the ability to think abstractly and write.

I am blessed with youth and strength

even though I feel myself aging

I am blessed with pain and heartache

that I might recognize when I'm happy

I want to be healthy

kind, understanding

funny, smart, wealthy and wise

I want to raise a family

and work on my whole being

to develop the part of the world that I walk on

and treat it as though it were mine.

Challenge

Perhaps lost in translation?

Thattauruslady in Stream of Consciousness

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Misunderstandings

Sometimes I feel like I’m speaking a different language. Something rhythmically obscure off a planet, around the corner from the milky way.

To be misunderstood, misinterpreted

and misplaced

can feel so lonely.

Still I move forward with over explanations, and overextending my hand to whoever wants to grasp it.

My soul moves to a ballad of linear percussionists, steady on beat.

My voice is more of a cliche metaphor in the middle of a beautiful book that throws you back to reality. Beating that dead horse repeatedly until It breaks.

Challenge

Happiness

Write about something that makes you happy without actually saying what it is, use as much imagery and metaphors as you want! Any Form

IcarusLaughed in Stream of Consciousness

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That sound

There's something about it. That sound, that medley of word and tune. All of a sudden, my fingers tap, my blood rushes and my body begs to be allowed to dance. Within me, some skilled weaver of movement gives spirited twists and turns and sways in utter awe as they are taken over. I sit as still as I can if I am surrounded but when alone, safe, you will never see a freer being. It holds me tight, embraces me with its familiarity, with its passion, with its beauty and lets me know once again that it will be okay. There's nothing more I've wanted, and forever will I be grateful to the gods who allow such divinity to be expressed by the mortals too. Even they, in their ivory towers, can't help but nod along in resignation. Too much power is given to the creators of this art, a blessed gift to help so many breathe anew.

Challenge

Happiness

Write about something that makes you happy without actually saying what it is, use as much imagery and metaphors as you want! Any Form

dctezcan in Stream of Consciousness

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On a quiet afternoon

Legs curled under me

in my favorite chair

wrapped in a blanket

safe from the cold air

cup of hot chocolate

or perhaps spiced tea

tabled close at hand

helping me to be

relaxed and at ease

lost in time and place

I forget myself

all problems erased.

Challenge

Happiness

Write about something that makes you happy without actually saying what it is, use as much imagery and metaphors as you want! Any Form

Beccawaits in Stream of Consciousness

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This Bliss

The world warms me as it welcomes me this morning, even as the frost forms from my exhaled breath as I glide to my familiar seat on the outside patio.

The radiance in my smile electrifies the frigid air that envelopes me; the hum of civilization buzzes fresh and distinct, engines purring, songbirds squawking, the frazzled housewife in her familiar herding of offspring even finds a fondness in my heart.

Tonight we will meet again, and you will brave me into another tomorrow then, and there is nothing I can't win, and I promise you this, I won't diss this bliss.

Challenge

Happiness

Write about something that makes you happy without actually saying what it is, use as much imagery and metaphors as you want! Any Form

icegraymelody in Stream of Consciousness

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Where

It is calming, looking at the bamboo swaying along with the wind, sound of nothing but the nature speaking to the soul, overshadowing the tension gnawing at the back of head. Here, under the gray sky, despite of the storm brewing ahead, there is a sense of ease and completeness in being with no one but myself. Let the hidden world be my company.