It takes a particular kind of strength to get stronger during a freeze. You don't know if you had that; you just notice it, you notice how displays of strength are so rampant when it's hot. At least where they vent the heat & cooler heads aren't supposed to prevail. #fastprompt.

there's nothing like.a good flash freeze.house in a breeze.your head in mid-sneeze. but really?.why bestie?.we could have been friends.forever.but now you're too cold.to warm your limbs.flash frozen.mid-leap.from my lover's bed. you were the lucky one. #fastprompt 5.

#fastprompt .One thing about native Houstonians is true: We don't do winter. Sure, we bundle up, drip faucets etc. On the roads? It's like a hockey game, but with cars and pick ups as equipment. The roads are frozen, as are our brains.

A snapshot .Freeze frame.In the moment .Perfect .She breathes in.She breathes out.She breathes in again .Lost in the moment .Taking it all in. #fastprompt 176:5.

Most people won't ask. What does it take to unsee.someone who said, despite.how you were doing your best,.pushing at limits, trying to juggle.everything in an atypical fashion,.that such close proximity to you.is drowning? You see that's not atypical.but you still see.#fastprompt.

Freeze. In my coldest body.The celestial one.Someone's son.A color of gray.A portrait of decay.Something gone.A person.A body.The color of gray.#fastprompt 5/5.

For the area, the amount of water amounted to torrential flooding. The freezing temperatures seemed to document this event with mandalas of ice. These impermanent creations, formed during high water, adorned the tree trunks until the sun's gentle rays melted them away #fastprompt

Moment frozen,.in the annals of history,.Disaster of the millennium,.Labels were attractive. First of many more to come,.Alarmists claimed with a scary note,.Proclamations floating everywhere,.The action list was empty, though. Words were aplenty,.Work not so much. #fastprompt.

You try so hard.To thaw my frozen, dead heart.Say i’m worth it.That my soul’s good inside.I deserve love.I do my very best to believe you.& just when I’m thawed inside. I feel my soul #freeze.Love stops.Crashing hard with Hope at its side. I pick up the knife….#fastprompt W176P5.

when you're on your happy pill.you can't drown anymore. you're way past drowning. you're just half-asleep.and watching the cliff draw nearer.with unresponsive feet. #fastprompt 176:4.

Drowned in misery,.The world mourned,.Decisions were made,.in destruction's wake. Preservation and protection,.an urgent call,.It was the topic of debate,.till the next wave of sensationalism. The world limped back to normalcy,.Humans galloped back. #fastprompt.

There is little hope left.Except to freeze.The light flashing briefly.In winter's breeze. Your 5th prompt is: "freeze".Be sure to tag #fastprompt!. 📸by Ravi Patel via Unsplash

Her tears puddle .But nothing that.She will drown in .After all.Life goes on .And it's always darkest.Before the dawn. #fastprompt 176:4.

Lake Ontario, like the other inland seas, is more than simply a body of water. It is a vibrant entity, rich with emotions, never amenable to yielding to human desires--instead it demands respect at every turn. Without hesitation, it will pull you down--you will drown #fastprompt

The anger did not subside,.the eruption did not cease,.Inferno unleashed,.Cities destroyed. The might of human technology,.Fury of Nature's beast,.David and Goliath,.comparatively an even fight. It took all it wanted,.and then some more for good measure. #fastprompt.

#fastprompt .Come join me.Let us drown.Our sorrows .In wine so rare.And wax philosophical .On the capriciousness .Of it all.In vino veritas.