Daily Prompt: That Stings!
Franz Kafka said, “we ought to read only books that bite and sting us.” What’s the last thing you read that bit and stung you?
Your words
Written were read
I felt important
I felt needed
I felt trusted
I felt loved
They were personal
They were promises
They were loving
They were emails
They were texts
They were…but now they’re not
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Your words are beautiful because they come from you yet sad because of where they come from.
saying “i can feel your pain” sounds really crass, but it’s true. rejection is a painful emotion.
I’m sorry for whatever happened, Hasty. I hope things start looking up for you soon.
Ouch!
See the upshot: sadness makes for good writing.
The last thing I read that bit and stung me was your poem on ‘Seams’ – The most challenging writing I can find to read is on line in blogs like yours and poets and writers like you.
Comments like this one inspire me to write. I used to think these feelings and ideas would be a negative burden on anyone that read them but I have come to realize it helps me and maybe makes others feel less alone! Thank you for the beautiful encouragement.
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