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Prompt Of The Week: It hurt, but it helped me grow.

October 21st, 2023

Hello, writing community!


I hope you have been well! Welcome back to the writing series, where I present you with writing prompts to exercise your creative muscles every week! If you haven't checked out the previous posts of the series, I've got you! You can find it here


Without further ado, here is the prompt for today: 


It hurt, but it helped me grow.


What will you be doing? Good question! You'll be replying to my post with your original 


1. poems

2. prose (long or short)

As of now, the word limit is a maximum of 500 words. 


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User Profile: LonleyCheese
LonleyCheese October 22nd, 2023

Late night

Thursday of course

Back of the car with them

front of the car, my mom and her friend.

Talking about times that should've hurt but turned out funny

Laughing so hard I couldn't breathe

Haven't laughed like that in years

Feeling queasy when they talk about something scary

But listening anyway because It's the right thing to do

Even though it's uncomfortable

it helps us to grow even closer

And enjoy the sweet bits more

1 reply
October 28th, 2023

@LonleyCheese

That was really beautiful!!😇

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User Profile: Torean
Torean October 23rd, 2023

@blindDaisy9121

I'm a friend for life and that much is true,

Parting ways however....

That's something I had to learn to do.

It's only really lately that I've been the one to have that talk first.

It started with a girlfriend that was really good,

But I found out there is a term for what she would do,

It's called ghostlighting.  Gaslighting in conjunction with ghosting.

Then it moved on to someone that I'd honestly rather still be in touch with,

But he would not stop breaking one boundary.  I set, like, 2 boundaries tops.  It shouldn't have been hard, but he had to go and say things...

But, anyway, I guess he's not me.  I don't take it personally though.  He's still a friend in my eyes.

Then finally a roommate, that used to be a trusted friend,

So much to go into there, but ultimately... 

I had to be a landlord,

I can't wait for someone that will never grow...

That was the case in all of these.  

If I could wait for any of you to catch up with me,

I wouldn't have to grow apart.

Maybe we'll cross paths in another realm.

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October 28th, 2023

@Torean

You have a natural talent for expressing your feelings💙

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