Writing Prompt

I say,”I love you”,

Yet you dont care.

I say, “I need you”,

Yet, you turn a blind eye.

I say, “I care”,

Yet, you walk away.

You tell me, “I need you”,

Yet, I turn a blind eye.

You say, “I care”,

Yet, I walk away.

You say “I love you”,

Yet, I don’t care.

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I look back. It’s cold day. I’m hiding in the library. He walks in, there’s a little hello between us before he goes to check in his books and search out a new one. He sits opposite me.

He doesn’t love me. Yet.

I don’t love him. Yet.

It’s cosy, he brought me coffee. We read together for around an hour, occasionally the other asking what things mean or sharing bits we like.

His hand brushed aga...

Yet I stand here, holding your hand

Yet your hand is not holding mine

Yet your mind is elsewhere on the job

Yet your job can replace you in one day

Yet one day your mind will wonder where I went

Yet I wonder if we should divorce

Yet divorce is not the answer

Yet the answer to this problem is you

Yet you also stand here with me

Yet we still need to make our marriage work...

And yet here I sit writing about you again.

And yet here I sit crying over you again.

And yet here I sit insanely torturing myself again.

And yet here I sit reminiscing of the day I met you again.

And yet here I sit yearning for your company again.

And yet here I sit realizing, I was never enough for you again.

And yet here I sit knowing I have the inability to be loved again.

And yet here ...

I’m not really good at poetry.

I use slant rhymes and not-at-all rhymes,

yet… here I am, and people like me

for the words I write so terribly.

Well, at least I hope.

Considering I have 100

followers (who help me cope)

Usually I’d feel on a tightrope,

sharing these short words

with millions of stories.

I’m not awesome at poetry,

The pacing of these lines needs work.

I have few common words; all t...

You tell me I’m only a woman, yet I feel there’s more I can do

You tell me my dreams aren’t worth dreaming, yet stand as I fill up the room

You tell me I’m not worth the patience, yet watch as I conquer my fears

You tell me to keep my mouth shut, yet expect my listening ear

You show me I’m less than my peers, but watch me soar in my career

You try to break me, yet you only build me up

You push me...

**Yet** the night refused to surrender its grip. Darkness cloaked the city like a predator, its silence broken only by the faint hum of streetlights and the occasional echo of distant footsteps. For Mia, it was the kind of night she’d learned to fear.

She crouched low behind a rusted dumpster in the alley, clutching the stolen drive against her chest. Her breathing was shallow, her heart pounding...

I’m not ready

To move on just yet

Let me pretend

Only for a little while

I understand that nothing

Will ever be the same

Yet again

I’m by myself

But I’ll be in my own world

Playing make-believe

Now I’ll never

Have to let go

Or be

All alone

I’ll go back

Not exactly to the start

But to the time when I

Wasn’t sure if I loved you yet

Things seemed to

Much simpler than

If I hadn’t h...

I was once a valuable player.

Scoring most of the points,

as the other team groaned a defeat.

Today, I can only feel pops in my joints,

as I remember teams I couldn’t beat.

It was supposed to be me,

tumbling down the field.

Why had I not taken one for the team?

Driven to a yield,

as I shouted in pain.

She should’ve grown old,

just as I have today.

Rather than being left to die in the cold,

of t...

I long to hold someone’s hand

To know everything about them

Why they cut their hair when they were 13

Why the color blue reminds them of loneliness

Yet, I don’t much care about your favorite food

Mostly I just want to know why it reminds you of home

And I want to be trusted to gently lead you into the dark

We can go and sit in a tree

And watch the soft waves splash over green rocks...