Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? Be here now. That’s a thing, right? I feel like I spend half my time in the past and half in the future, and honestly don’t enjoy the present moments as much as I should. But I worry about the future constantly. I worry about not being able to afford things, specifically, and specifically my rent. Being...
As the dust settled, she looked around the ruined room. The staircase had fallen and lay in a wooden heap, trapping her inside the basement. After all of the noise and chaos she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Now, all she had to do was wait to be rescued. She stared up at the little window near the basement ceiling, her only source of light for the last...
Start my day half-full,kindly want to take a nap;Where is that loophole? Today’s poetry prompt words were: half-full, kindly, and loophole. Photo by Zoha Gohar on Unsplash Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X More Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on LinkedIn (Opens in...
Photo by Randy Fath on Unsplash “What do you want from me? This is just the way it is! We both have jobs and can still barely afford anything. We work all the time and barely see each other. What do you want from me?” “I miss you, I just wish you would come with us once in a while.” “Why would I want to do errands with you on our one day...
What is the greatest gift someone could give you? When we had our family Christmas, Bobby told me that he had something special coming for me, but it hadn’t arrived yet. I’d have to wait a little while. I’m not a big gift lover, I mean, I love gifts, but I’m not going to get annoyed if one doesn’t come for me. But then the mail came yesterday and he...
