Daily writing prompt
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?
There were a great deal of naked clowns.
The opening sentence
to a book so close to memoir.
I choose poetry to tell my story.
Disturbed and dreading what I see.
I cannot escape the demented.
My demons dread my reaction.
I will not drown in words.
I will treat every word special.
I used to have no stars.
I mean no words.
Stars and words.
Words and stars.
Words are like stars.
They brighten up the dark abyss,
and when you don’t have any,
you can’t see shit.
I see shit.