Writing Prompt

Your love was a moth’s wing pinned to my chest,

and every beat—

God, it stung.

I’d have swallowed the whole moon for you,

if only to feel something

bigger than the guilt that dripped

from your tongue.

We called it love,

but it was a bloodletting,

your hands always at my throat,

mine always somewhere

I shouldn’t have reached.

Do you remember the park bench,

where you said “forever”

like you meant...

I’m not a fan of October.

I don’t like the orange leaves, the first crunch, the spooky season, the pumpkin spice lattes, the cold chill in the air.

That was until I meat Autumn.

She changed everything.

I saw her in a coffee shop, she had a sweet smile and cinnamon swirl eyes. She was sitting at a table with a book. Every once in a while she’d glance up and look at me, and I’d find myself wrack...

A picture on my phone

I recognize this face

For many years it has been known

Always left a special trace.

And then I do what I do best

I know I can do this I say out loud

And think and write a dumb text

Not even a typo, making me proud

And then a fantasy turns around

Like an old brown and dusty globe

now I am able to say I found

the courage to whisper: I hope-

Hope that has never been my frien...

I stare at you

Longing for you to notice

Waiting for the day when you realize

That we are meant to be

My mind filled with thoughts of you

Hoping yours are filled with me

Even though I know they aren’t

99.9%

That’s how much I’m sure

But that .1% keeps me going

Keeps me longing for you

It keeps me up at night

Running scenarios through my brain

And makes my heart race when I hear my phone din...

The world goes silent. “Did you know,” I yell at my best friend. Her brother. I repeat myself even louder when he doesn’t respond. He looks sad. Maybe even confused. He should’ve known. I should’ve known. I run out of the house. I can’t be there is she can’t be either. I feel like I can’t breathe. There’s cop cars. An ambulance. This can’t be happening. “She’s not gone,” I want to yell. But I can’...

We were crazy to think we could actually be together.

I think I fell in love with you the first day I met you, it wasn’t the sex that did it for me. It was simply your mind, the way you think.

I can see it when you look at me the way you do. Our hearts beat at the rhythm of one I know I could never be enough for you.

When you think of my name remember and say she loved me I mean she really did l...

Yesterday was a blur

All I remember is holding onto her

Clinging to her like a rope

I held her close to me

My arms were around her shoulders

My head was laid in the slope of her neck

Her arm was around me gently

She prayed over me quietly

As I sobbed in her arms

Now we’re on the bus back

She’s seated in front of me

She tells me that she’s anxious of traveling

Makes her even more homesick

So...

Farewell, my almost lover

Goodbye, my almost prince

I gave my all in trying

And I’ve missed you ever since

Stay true, my faithful steward

And don’t let your hands rest

Bring steadiness and balance

To each soul enduring test

I’ll never stop believing

You’ll always drum your beat

Together we’ll continue

Though our eyes may never meet

A lesson worth the struggle

A blessing worth the pain

Farewel...

On a cold wintery night,

I thought of you out of spite.

A thought that hadn’t dared cross my mind,

For the sake of me and the thought of you almost being mine.

Finally, I thought of you again,

We were in love still and we made amends.

All the past pain was washed away,

We loved eachother like there was no tomorrow and the love stayed.

You were mine and I was forever yours.

Because no matter what h...

**——— PRE ———**

Don’t break my heart again,

my anxiety did that centuries ago.

It’s not even healed yet.

Don’t break a heart that still grows.

**——— POST ———**

All you did was smile,

all you did was laugh.

And all you did was help

and fight on my behalf.

Anxiety had a competitor.

You broke my heart,

but all you did was stand there.

I wish I could’ve been smart.

I wish I was smarter,

yet I’m g...