Writing Off Writing Prompts

Poem based on The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gough


The stars shine brightly in the night sky
like twinkling christmas tree lights.

The never-ending sky stretches on and on.

A black tree looms up on the air
growing taller each second.

The world is waking up.

Poem using/based on Photography by Nikki Giovanni

It is easy sitting in the sun to forget.
To forget all the pain and hurt that was come my way.

To forget the awful things that have sailed right out of their mouths
and crashed into me.

But then the sun is gone.
And it all comes racing back to me
like race cars flying into the finish line.

The eye we are told is a camera,
capturing every second of everyday.

Click.

Everything I see, becoming a part of me.

A part of me that will never leave.

It's up to me to decide whether it will make me,
Or break me.