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I talk a lot aboutnot being willingto set myself on fireto keep another person warmbut I’ve never talked aboutgetting thrown in your oceanand tossed around in the wavespummeled with walls of wateryou’re supposed to be transparentbut you hit like a brick wallcall the calvary,I’m coming home anyway Inspired by the Writer’s Write October prompts | Photo by Hush...

I should be ableto stand behind you,feeling your strengthas you defend us til death I should be ableto fall to pieces andfeel nothing but the comfortof the promise that you’ll stayInstead, I cower and wonderwhat fresh hellyou’ll bring to me next,packaged up witha tag that says “love” Instead, I cowerand wonderwhat’s next?I cower and wishI could...

If I could do just one thing –if someone asked me: “What would you doif you could do anything?” I’d run.  I’d pack a light bag and run.  I would leave work one dayand I just wouldn’t go home.  Instead, I’d drive to an airport,pick a place with palm trees and sun,and I would run.  I...

I didn’t wantto wake up today It’s not thatI wanted to die, butI just wish I couldskip this dayevery year  I’ll fight every hourmany times overto stop myselffrom imaginingone of the worstthings imaginable  My grandfatherwho I loved morethan I will loveany other manin my whole lifeDied alonein a hospitalin 2020 whenno one was allowedto be with...

this morningwhen I woke up alone againfor the sixth saturday in a rowI wanted so muchto reach out and call youI felt the gapinghole in my heartthat you used to filland it felt so hollow,and cold, and brokenbut I wantthe man you used to beor at leastthe man I thought you used to bebefore I found...