Lord knows you’re the morelevel-headed one, but Iglimpse the cracks in you. Today’s poetry prompt words were: Lord knows, level-headed, and glimpse. Photo by M U K E S H D A R A B A K U L A on Unsplash

That we even met was against all odds, despite my name being there in the trees in the town where you lived. You drove by my name for years — “It’s a sign!” — but now the trees are dead, and will soon be gone. I swear to myself I’ll be picky in chasing the new...

There was nothing in the worldthat I ever wanted morethan to feel what it waslike in your arms. Now, I feel invisible,not that I don’t matter,just that I don’t matter to you. We’ve always livedin house of cards andnow the walls are crumbling. Today’s poetry prompt words were: nothing else, invisible, and cards. Photo by Roger Starnes Sr...

Get me out of here has been on my mind quite a bit these days. The urge to just get up and run out the door. I wouldn’t take a thing. Bags unpacked, purse abandoned, phone smashed, I’d run. I’d speed down the highway heading west, hitting the low shoulders as I pass on the right, I’m...