Writing Prompt

I prayed this was one of my smaller mistakes. Today I was leaving for Asia for my new job. I was going for a year. Maybe less if everything goes well. Behind, I am leaving my wife, my two kids, and my dog. I never thought I would be able to live without these people.

My wife was furious that I was leaving. She said that I was leaving our family behind. And I knew this. I felt horrible and hone...

_I prayed this was one of my smaller mistakes,_

_Leaving you behind. _

_You were my f.a.v.,_

_But not anymore._

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_I don’t just miss Fitz, _

_But I miss the version of me that loved him,_

_Just like he loves me,_

_And just like Keefe loves me. _

The words he had said over the years echoed in my head repeatedly.

_ I want it to be you. _

_ I’ll always be here when you need me. _

_ You know ...

I prayed this was one of my smaller mistakes. Might be a huge one…

I got a new phone today. I’ve needed one for a while. My “old” one is giving up on me slowly. Anyways, I tried to set up my new phone with my family helping but I think we did something wrong… nothing was syncing. Everything on my old phone was supposed to go to the new one. Apps, contacts, pictures. EVERYTHING. But no. It’s me. W...

I prayed this was

One of my smaller mistakes

But alas I was wrong

I played for high stakes...

I prayed this was one of my smaller mistakes. I had two hours before he got home and I had to take my chance. It may not have worked, but I was choosing myself and for the first time in my life, moving forward and not looking back. I knew this choice I was about to make would change my life forever....

I prayed this one is one of my smaller mistakes.

Mistakes. Errors. They say that we make them all the time. “To err is human.” Whoever said that does not know me. To err is me. That is more like it. To err is Rupert. Rue. That’s what they call me. I’m sure my mom rued the day she had me. Which is why she called me Rupert. And why she calls me Rue now. “Rue, go get me some coffee.” “...

I prayed this was one of my smaller mistakes, but the tinge of regret flickered in his eyes. I had put that darkness there.

An expression once filled with warm brown eyes, now swallowed by space. I'm used to finding myself lost in them, now I'm trying to catch my breath.

My eyes swell up with tears and I watch as they envelope down my face and ripple into the sink. With every drop the taste of s...

'I prayed this was one of my smaller mistakes.'

It all seemed as fundamentally real as deepfakes

Consistently driven by the purest of intentions

Sustained by a cycle of denial and reflections

Unfortunately, history cannot be unwritten

The direction we took after we were so smitten

A wrong turn here, a wayward thought there

I really believed in love, it was all meant to be fair

Overlooking tha...

I prayed that this was one of my smaller mistakes as I stood at the edge of the rushing stream watching the furious water carve at the shore. Sand and dirt began to cave in around the flow and stranded me on a small island in the middle of the stream after it had carved out a new course and destroyed my only avenue for escape.

Across the water, an ancient rusted automobile sunk as the earth colla...

Verse 1:

I pray this is one of my smaller mistakes.

Why must I so often give more than I take?

I bend and I bend, then I snap and I break.

I know in my heart that your worry is fake.

Chorus:

I laugh when I should, though it’s hollow and thin,

A mask of contentment stretched over my skin.

And though I’m not proud of the woman I’ve been,

It seems loving you is the worst kind of sin.

Verse 2:

I liv...