What have I done?
What haven’t I done?
Have I not attended to your needs?
Have I not kept you happy?
Have I not been there in times of trouble?
Have I not been a friend and a lover?
I have.
And I take fault in your interpretation
That what we had was wasted years.
They were years of growth and change,
No matter if there is an end to them or not.
I will always care about you,
But now I strive to live a better life.
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – attend
I am no longer hopeless
I have a plan
I am no longer angry
I have a certain calm
I am no longer conflicted
I have the truth
I am no longer afraid
I have inner peace
I am…
Breaking free
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – hopeless
the house is empty except
a few boxes scattered about
only a couple of pieces
of unwanted furniture
are left behind
half of a lifetime
was taken away
all that is left
is the discarded pieces
of the life i wanted
and the lonely echoes
of our last goodbyes
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – lonely
Please don’t try to stop me
Don’t interfere
I know what I want and it isn’t here
I want understanding
Compassion and your attention
I no longer want to be
A second thought you have
After you search online
For the latest pictures of the day
I’ve seen the ones you save
I’ve walked in on you
I am not a model
Or even that great looking
But one thing I am
Is a woman with a plan
And it no longer includes you
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – interfere
She lowered her head
Hurt and discouraged again
By the words that he never said
And the gall of the words he did
He said he was through
He said he needed freedom
He said she was not what he wanted
But what he didn’t say
Was the way his lies had used her
She was only someone convenient
No more or no less
And he never did say
I love you
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – gall
Did that really just happen
Did you just speak those words
I can’t believe you would do that
Blame me for our problems
After I have done
Everything you asked
Year after year I did
And you still find me at fault
I am dumbfounded
I throw my hands up
I am tired of this war
I leave you with a clear conscious
Knowing I have done all I could
Your life and your decisions
Are fully on you alone
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – dumbfounded
She held the phone tightly and said, “I will meet you, but it has to be in public like at City Central Café. I am off at two o’clock, so how about two thirty?” She paused and you could see the tension growing in her posture. Her entire body was stiff and still. “Okay, see you then. Yeah, I know that.”
Jennifer hung up the phone and speaking out loud to no one, she said, “Sure you still love me. You just want to control me! God I have been such a fool!” She grabbed her bag, leaving for work.
(100 words)
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – central https://fivedotoh.com/2020/06/04/fowc-with-fandango-central/
I want to iron this out
We can make it work
I need you
I love you
There is nothing left to say
We just didn’t last
I’ll miss you
I love you too
One more chance please
My heart is breaking
I need you
I love you
There are no more chances
We have run out of hope
I’ll miss you
I love you too
… he needed her
She still loved him
But the door closed
It was over
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – iron
(Photo by cottonbro from Pexels)
Don’t tell me it’s too late
To save you and me
Don’t say that it’s over
What we had
Don’t speak the words
“The damage is done”
Don’t walk out the door
Away from us
Please…
Don’t
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – damage
Don’t tell me it’s nothing
Then go skulk in your room
I think by now
I know when you are plotting
Don’t hide in the shadows
Face me with the truth
I think by now
I deserve to hear it
Don’t say it is over
And refuse to talk
I think by now
I have the right to have my say
Don’t shut me out
Building up walls
I think by now
You should be able to trust me
I think by now
It is clearly too late
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – skulk
Leigha Robbins 