Hindsight

Debbie got high last night.

Her conscience weighed on her, but not enough to refuse her friends. There was no explicit peer pressure. Rather, not joining in would have meant that she'd forever be considered apart from them..

Once the high came on, her reservations disappeared. It was the best decision she'd ever made.

Twelve hours later, lying in bed as the guilt tries to set in along with the nausea, she's no longer so sure. Hindsight suggests getting high was a mistake.

Debbie remembers kissing Eric Bradshaw and decides that no one listens to hindsight. No one cool anyway.

Don't Think Too Deeply

You can bet if anyone discovers your involvement, there will be hell to pay. Perhaps that's what attracts you in the first place. The flirtation with danger. Or more likely, it's the inevitable moment when you are caught and everyone's expectations of you, their belief in your character, their assumptions about how far you are willing to go, will all be dashed.

Or perhaps you go along just because everyone else is doing it. You know you might get in trouble, but there's safety in not thinking too deeply.

Whatever the case, murdering this homeless man will haunt you forever.The Daily Theme from Figment for April 11

Think of a time in your life when, against your better judgment, you decided to give in--to temptation, to popular opinion, to someone else's will.

Now focus in on that decision to relent. In second person, describe those moments of transition, using the distancing effects of second person to allow you to analyze your decision as if it had been someone else's.