Like a fissure in the ground
After a massive earthquake
You shook me to my breaking point
And I am left alone and damaged
But I can rebuild and find my confidence
I am getting stronger every day
And certainly more independent
With you gone I feel a weight lifted
Tomorrow once again holds hope
The future has recovery and love around the corner
All I have to do is walk the broken ground to find it
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – fissure
A little boy named Ben got dirty
His mother had just turned thirty
This doesn’t matter now
It’s not the where or the how
But I wont let this poem get wordy
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I am doing some “speed reading” and not many comments. With everything going on I have not had time or energy to do much on WP… so I am trying like crazy to “catch up.” I apologize for not taking the time to comment like I usually do, but I have got to do something to speed things up and I don’t want to miss any of what you all write. So, I do not hate your writing, I am only silent for times sake. If I do that through this weekend I may just be able to get back to “normal” next month. Thanks everyone… I still love your words!
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – dirty
I will give credit to Imagine Dragons, they did a good song called Radioactive. But I was raised earlier and in my late teens The Firm did a song called Radioactive first (in 1985). I can’t help but think of it every time I hear the word, so it was an obvious post for this prompt… hope you enjoy it!
For Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – radioactive
He sat there
Showing no emotion
As stoic as usual
Unable to read him
She drew a deep breath
Time and time again
He would go through this
Lost in his own world
While she was left alone
To figure out what to say
Why they couldn’t go this time
Why he had once again
Spoiled their plans
By drinking himself
Into a state
So she would draw on
Her creative imagination
And somehow she would
Try to salvage a relationship
From the sabotage of whiskey
Another family gathering
Not gone to
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – stoic
Sally was always very tired indeed
She fell asleep while planting a seed
It was for a special flower
That would give her more power
and take care of that overdue need
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – indeed
My first thought was my shampoo bottle in the shower… but I didn’t feel like writing another fiction piece. I toyed with the idea of a limerick
There once was a man named Lou
Who used only Suave shampoo
… but I didn’t get very far with it and my concentration kept wandering to the very early 90s. So Gerardo won… and consequently most of us lost (I mean have you really listened to the lyrics of this, talk about a sexist song), but it was a catchy hook.
For Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – suave
She woke with a burst of excitement, today was the day. She had waited much of her life for this chance and finally it was here. It was Bonnie’s 13th birthday, and she was promised a trip to the county animal shelter.
She bounded down the stairs with a fervent energy, ready for a quick breakfast and then off to the shelter. Her parents greeted her in the kitchen with balloons and an off-key version of Happy Birthday and asked if she had decided on a dog or cat.
“Who ever I find that needs the most love,” she said.
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – fervent
(100 words)
The couple sat at a café having lunch. It was a beautiful summer day, and this café wasn’t far from the beach. “Do you want to go down to the shore after lunch, maybe get our feet wet,” Diana asked?
Steve drew his eyes back to her and replied, “Only if you let me ogle all the bathing beauties.”
Diana threw her napkin on the table and said, “That’s it! I have put up with behavior like this for years and you never take the time to ogle me. Go to the beach and see your fill, I am done!”
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – ogle
(100 words)
He has done it again
And with next to no effort
Quashed my hopes
By ignoring me again
We used to interact
We used to share
But now the world has become
All about him and
He can’t be bothered with others
Maybe that was always him
Maybe I just didn’t see it
But I am beyond playing games
Life is about me too
And I am seeing this through to
The end
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – quash
Here we are
Another episode
Of “What Did I Do Wrong”
Or maybe we should call it
“How Nice Can I Be”
I gave him leeway a mile wide
He still bent it in his favor
I waited to do the right thing
He walked all over me
I tried to be helpful
He’ll probably never notice
That is if he ever shows
Tune in tomorrow
When we learn
Just how short of a fuse
I now have
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – episode
Leigha Robbins 