For today’s prompt, write a dark poem. Cave poems, poems at night, and no electricity poems — these are all appropriate for today’s prompt. Of course, dark has several other connotations as well. An underdog is often known as a dark horse, a villain may have a dark heart, and Batman is known as the Dark Knight. Heck, when I was little, I thought Darth Vader was Dark Vader. — Robert Lee Brewer, Writer’s Digest
Perspective
I get that it feels crushing
when your kid has worked
so hard
to see them passed over for awards
and recognition at the end of high school
But the award I wish
I were seeing presented
would be one that says
”Lived Through It”
[I don’t generally let my dark nature out into the light of day; so much so that I feel the need to write some kind of disclaimer here. What I’ve written above is an accurate reflection of thoughts and feelings I have had. But I don’t believe that a hierarchy of tragedies is helpful. The hardest thing that has ever happened to you is still the hardest thing that has ever happened to you, however it might compare to someone else’s hardest thing. I understand the disappointment of the parents whose kid didn’t get awarded enough of a scholarship to such-and-such U, or didn’t even get accepted. It’s hard to see the future not play out for your child the way you imagined. Not having a future is also hard.]