Writing Prompt

Leaving room for errors always seems wise,

until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house.

These visitors are often is disguise,

Some loud and others quiet like a church mouse....

Leaving room for errors always seems wise until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house

You said you’d never let me go

Some errors can be forgotten like a bruise

You said it would never happen again

Some errors can be hidden like a broken bone mended

You said give us one last chance

Leaving room for errors can leave a door open in the middle of the night

You said you’d never let...

leaving room for errors always seems wise,

until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house.

the first slip up was three months in college.

we thought it was nirvana,

and so we named her so.

he only said goodbye to her when he left.

the second misstep was my first boss.

we thought it felt clandestine,

so when named her secret.

i left him when she knew the new assistant.

the...

Leaving room for errors seems wise until there are mistakes sleeping in every sofa in your house

You’re not alone

Just like everyone

I like the odds of the only us

Leaving room for errors while I leave the door open

To all the swirling and twirling

It’s turbulent

Turbulent

Life keeps spinning and spinning

While the world sits still

I keep on spinning and spinning

With only time left to kill

...

Leaving room for errors always seems wise

Til they move in and start to take advantage

Too many roommates is an undercover guise

For a life that has been mismanaged...

Leaving room for errors always seems wise,

Until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house,

And regrets stuffed in the letter box or slipped under the door.

There will be unwashed thoughts swimming with the dirty dishes,

And sharp edged words in the cutlery drawer.

In the end your keys will be duplicated ten times over,

Until every corner of your home is overcrowded with unwa...

Leaving room for errors always seems wise, until you realize errors are all you make room for. Mistakes are okay to make, they help you learn and grow, but when you stop learning and stop growing mistakes start to take control....

Leaving room for errors,

Many men advise,

When you lack life experience,

May come across as wise.

Tiny errors tiptoe in

Unnoticed, like a mouse,

And soon they’ll be asleep

On every sofa in your house.

They’ll skitter through the words of every manuscript you write,

They’ll patter through your musings in the middle of the night.

They’ll burrow in your brainmeats and across your bedroom floor,

Th...

Leaving room for errors always seems wise, until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house.

Like a flower, wilting on a grave.

Your worst enemy taken...

Leaving room for errors always seems wise, until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house.

Like a flower, wilting on a grave.

Your worst enemy taken...