"Tell Me Now (What You See)"

There was another writing practice in Writing Magic that I was intrigued by, so I thought I would give it a go. Gail Carson Levine gave a sentence and I had to keep writing. Therefore, the first sentence is hers and the rest is mine. Bear with me here, it was done in ten minutes and in a very noisy classroom, but admittedly, I'm still okay with it.

I have one green eye and one brown eye. The green eye sees truth, but the brown eye. The green eye sees truth, but the brown eye sees much, much more. It sees life. Reality. The exact opposite of truth. I've always been this way. My truth is perception, but their truth, observed with my green eye, is a different kind of reality. In our world, my brown-eyed world, lies and chaos rule. For those who don't know, this is a different time we live in. The music, the movies, the violence, the news, everything, it's all meant to add to the deception. Under the haze, the green eye understands that the intentions of the world are nonexistent. We are clouded by fear. Our reality has ruined us.

-July 2026

Is destruction a green-eyed or brown-eyed perception? I saw a man fall today, his heart completely obliterated from the impact of the bullet, only I saw with both of my eyes. Could this mean our worlds are colliding? Is truth becoming a reality for my brown-eyed world? Is perception no longer a reality? Or worse is their reality becoming my truth? Will I ever be able to tell?

-August 2026

That's all I have today. Thanks for reading, and remember, keep writing!!!!