Describe something or someone without ever using their name. Bonus points if other members can guess the object or creature or person in the comments of your piece. Extra bonus points if you don’t use super specific phrases. Ex. (when describing trees…don’t use words like “branches”, “bark”, “roots”, “leaves”, be creative)

rlove327

102 reads

homesounds

I love the scurry scurry pitter patter,

sleep snort beside my feet,

mail alert before the door,

tinkle tags with stair rush,

linoleum nail click, the

eager-for-arrival door leap,

the bowl lap

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Describe something or someone without ever using their name. Bonus points if other members can guess the object or creature or person in the comments of your piece. Extra bonus points if you don’t use super specific phrases. Ex. (when describing trees…don’t use words like “branches”, “bark”, “roots”, “leaves”, be creative)

Hope4ever

35 reads

I'm weightless. Boundless.

My world slowly spins, and I spin with it.

One gentle push and I am swept away.

Falling.

I am surrounded by billions of different faces. Together we blanket the world in white.

My doom is inevitable. This beauty drips away, seeps into the ground. Because beauty never lasts, even beauty such as mine.

I came slowly, gently, sometimes raging, I coated your world like a frigid hand. Some of you hated me, some of you loved me.

When this time ends, I will come again.

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Describe something or someone without ever using their name. Bonus points if other members can guess the object or creature or person in the comments of your piece. Extra bonus points if you don’t use super specific phrases. Ex. (when describing trees…don’t use words like “branches”, “bark”, “roots”, “leaves”, be creative)

AnnFan14

44 reads

That’s Why I’m Here

Sometimes, I dip my fingers into the water near my home, and I let my tears roll down creating ripples in the once still water.

Romantics like to come

rest beneath me.

They like to sigh and lament for the one who does not love them back.

I listen.

I always listen.

because how can you not

when these folks are right under nose?

All jokes aside,

I listen

because at the very least

they did not lament alone.

They did not sigh and find themselves swimming in their own tears for nothing.

They will never know

that when they leave,

I sigh for them.

I let my tears for them

roll down my arms,

ripple the once still water.

Letting go of their excess sadness

So that one day

Those tears will

evaporate to the sky.

Continuing the cycle of expression

until the sky grows heavy,

and rains down the sadness

that was once so big

for one small romantic’s broken heart.

The rains fall and the romantics of the world look at the rain and find it fitting. At least today they won’t have to pretend to be chipper.

My name is my mission.

My silhouette a cry for those that will wail under the dome of my eyes.

And my message is clear:

come to me when you are aching

and I will listen.

I will always listen.

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A_Casual_Writer

26 reads

Bonne Soirée

I stood at the edge of the dimly lit room and watched as people moved about. Bodies wove together in a blob as they interacted with one another. Music filtered throughout the room the hum coursing through my entire being. No one seemed to notice me from my position next to the countertop. Honestly speaking, I didn't even know why I was near there at all. I was fairly sure that the fragrance that was dumped on me and was consequently emitted from my body would overpower the food and drinks. The intoxicating fumes wafting over and assaulting their senses. Of course, I wouldn't mind being noticed by someone, even if it was only for a few measly seconds of their time.

Yet, even still, I was mostly ignored. I swayed slightly as a breeze filtered through the stagnant air. I didn't know where it came from. It could've been from an open window, the air conditioner, or even caused by the movement of someone walking by. Whatever it was, it didn't do much to cool my surface. The heat came from within rather than from the slightly stifling room. A thin layer of liquid sat on my smooth waxy exterior and glistened in the low light. I didn't pay much attention to it and neither did others. I was certain it would go away with time.

So, I stood and continued to stand where I was for the rest of the night. Abandoned to my little area to blend in with the décor around me and blessing, or maybe cursing, people anywhere near my vicinity with my scent. And I was alright with that. It will all be over far too soon and, eventually, I will have lost my purpose.

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stickynotes

12 reads