Challenge
Use your five senses.
So, this has been done repeatedly, but it's always a good technique to practice. The idea here is to use your five senses to describe an emotion. For example, what does madness smell like? What does happiness sound like, taste like, feel like to the touch? If you could take a photograph of loneliness, what would it look like? For example, a lady I knew once described confusion as tasting like Chinese food; one can't tell if it is sweet, sour, or salty.
Those are the rules. Use all your five senses to describe an emotion (no using an emotion to describe another emotion, though!) to the very best of your ability. Poetry, prose, short story, whichever one you prefer, it is all fair game. Tag me at the bottom of your entry, por favor.
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Depression
Depression is the dryed out oatmeal that was left out on the counter yesterday. It tastes bland and is hard to eat, but you still choke it down because it feels like too much work to prepare a meal.
Depression is the smell of cold rain on warm asphalt. It's overwhelming, unpleasant, and unavoidable in today's crazy world.
Depression looks like the homeless man sleeping at the park, disheveled, dirty, and too tired to even beg for money.
Depression is the sound of an old man shuffling up the stairs after a long, unwanted day of work.
Depression feels like you are laying facedown in the middle of a busy street, unable to move.
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