Writing Prompt

Leaving room for errors seems wise.

Until errors sleep on every sofa in your house,

Like beer-drunk men

And wine-drunk girls,

Empty handles of vodka,

And crushed cans.

Leaving room for errors seems wise

Until your errors stick to the walls,

Paint over peeling paper,

Paper over chipping paint.

Like your own shadow,

Following you,

Haunting you,

Never letting you rest,

Never letting you forget.

Le...

Leaving room for

eRRorS

Always seems wise.

Until there are mistakes.

Sleeping on every sofa.

In your house.

Throwing pillows and blankets

Hoping you won’t

S

L

I

P

Back into old habits

And misunderstandings.

Bits and pieces and pennys

D G

U

Into the cushions

Waiting for you to find.

But you hid them for a reason.

Something you thought yo...

Leaving room for errors always seems wise

Until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house

I used to always see those mistakes

Haunting and taunting

Acting like those mistakes defined who I am

But I am more than those mistakes

No one can see into my house

No one can see the mistakes sitting on those couches

Only I can

So I chose

What people do or don’t see...

I’ve always been worried about my mistakes…but then everything changed. I was walking home from the library when I realized I had about 20 books overdue. “Oh, no!” I cried. I walked faster, in a bit of a panic. “Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no…” As I stepped inside of my house I could’ve sworn I heard a voice…but probably not. I’m hearing things a lot. It’s just my imagination. I thought. When I woke...

leaving room for errors always seems wise,

until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house.

my mother always told me not to trust these guys

but somehow i find myself keeping them around.

to my soul it all just ties

around my heart it pounds

i am wounded but in a way at peace, in the lies

that my body knows isn’t safe or sound

if this is where i find myself, where am i found?...

Leaving room for errors always seems wise,

until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house.

These visitors are often is disguise,

Some loud and others quiet like a church mouse....

Leaving room for errors always seems wise until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house

You said you’d never let me go

Some errors can be forgotten like a bruise

You said it would never happen again

Some errors can be hidden like a broken bone mended

You said give us one last chance

Leaving room for errors can leave a door open in the middle of the night

You said you’d never let...

leaving room for errors always seems wise,

until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house.

the first slip up was three months in college.

we thought it was nirvana,

and so we named her so.

he only said goodbye to her when he left.

the second misstep was my first boss.

we thought it felt clandestine,

so when named her secret.

i left him when she knew the new assistant.

the...

Leaving room for errors seems wise until there are mistakes sleeping in every sofa in your house

You’re not alone

Just like everyone

I like the odds of the only us

Leaving room for errors while I leave the door open

To all the swirling and twirling

It’s turbulent

Turbulent

Life keeps spinning and spinning

While the world sits still

I keep on spinning and spinning

With only time left to kill

...

Leaving room for errors always seems wise

Til they move in and start to take advantage

Too many roommates is an undercover guise

For a life that has been mismanaged...