…from The One-Minute Writer:
Imagine that you can remember the first moments after you were born, and describe them in present tense (“I feel,” “I see,” etc.)
What a day this has been! I’ve been squeezed and displaced and pushed out of my home. Now I’m cold! And something is hurting my eyes. It’s so bright here! I see so many faces, but they’re not the one. All of these hands are not the ones! What are they doing now? Don’t cut that! That’s my lifeline! Now where are you moving me to? What is this cold thing on my chest? I don’t know any of these voices. I just want to scream! Please put me back where I was! I was so warm and comfy there! I don’t feel comfy out here! What have they put on my head? What are they wrapping me up in? Here I go – into another set of hands, but wait! These arms are different. This smell is right! The face is blurry, but it seems like I know it. I feel warm here and I know that voice! This body feels familiar. This is it. I’m home!
