Prompt: Write a Valentine’s Day poem of no more than 20 lines about spending a Valentine’s Day all by yourself. The only rules are that it must rhyme and the final line of the poem must include the title of your favorite song ( Read more... )

Never.
That’s what he told me.
That’s what he promised.
Never lie
Never cheat
Never betray
Never cause me grief
And the relief that I felt
Finding a man so faithful
Finally.
So I bragged to my friends
I’d trust him anywhere, any day
Even if he were to spend some time away from me
I’d trust him alone with the sluttiest of women
Or on a moonlit beach with the most ( Read more... )

I wake and the sadness is overwhelming
Logic brain says this is a good thing
Hold onto this feeling
And when you write it will be so good
It will be beautiful
But the sad brain says
No, I cannot write now
For I am too sad
Maybe when I am happier
But I need the sorrow, logic argues
I need to capture the way that it feels
To write something that’s haunting and ( Read more... )

I want to be the girl who is organized, who schedules her time to meet her priorities, who works out, who always looks good, who is responsible about money, who can buy any outfit and wear it well, who has a clean house and who loves with all that she has, always.

I am happy to be the girl who loves her life, who is not afraid, who acknowledges God ( Read more... )