Akira

Spontaneous Euphoria

Carmen sighed hopelessly sitting at her kitchen table wrapped snuggly in her grandmother’s floral crochet blanket. The falling leaves brushed against her window as her windchimes danced in the crisp Fall wind. She was finishing a lackluster TV series finale to an already lackluster series. But, she and her younger brother got hooked on it a few years back. They used to watch it together every Friday until he went away to school. Now they would watch it when they could and text each other reaction memes and gifs. Unfortunately, she still wasn’t finding any inspiration even after watching the shows her friends recommended. She had been in a daze as of lately, maybe it was the somber cloudy days keeping her on pause. However, she had to find a way to resume as she had something important planned for this Thursday. She needed a solid story to write for a creative writing event at her former middle school to inspire students on the importance of finding their passion for writing. Yet, recently she was struggling to find hers. Everyone, she would usually call was busy with their problems. So she thought of an old friend, one who used to give her inspiration, David.