Day Seven: Personal, No Prompt

She had forgotten, 

why she'd kept her distance. 

Why she avoided falling into love. Because that led to needing someone. 

And the pain that came with that 

seared through her, 

reminding her why 

she hadn't wanted to love. 

She couldn't afford to lose them now, 

she had needs again.

Day Six: No Prompt

A song,
a story told at night
Made to keep the monsters at bay.
whispered over an over,
a talisman,
a comfort.
Familiarity,
Repetition.
It grounds you,
keeps you from slipping away.

Day Five: (Personal Prompt) Hesitation

It's hard to eplain
the way I feel
I don't want out
But...

It's only you I want
to spend my days with-
my nights too
But...

It's complicated.
You're my one person
I'm in deep,
sunk
But...

Day Four: Hold On

Hold on to this day

Things have gone right

For the first time in ages

No disappointments,

no tears to shed

So hold on to it. 

Keep it filed away

To look back on,

To remember the good

and let it drown out the bad.

Hold on to this day

It may not come again soon. 

Day Three: Tenitive Prompt (Finish an Old Poem)

His body knows

Just how far she'd go

But his mind resists

Prays she won't give in

It is an unsure agreement,

tentative 

They want it

But they don't. 

An escape that shouldn't be taken

Along a well traveled route

He wants her,

She likes him

But he's not hers. 

Day Two: (personal, no prompt)

Things are very different

I never saw myself here

So willing to commit

Ready to make the plunge

I'm sorting and packing

Folding away

Those little parts of myself

That never meant it to happen

It's a strange four letter word

That can move you so far

Day One: (Personal Prompt) Finish an Old Poem

Excess 

Baby, maybe just a bit too much
Is the way I need you.
Maybe one too many
Is what I need to see you.

You're over the top
Too much to handle,
All at once.
A welcome distraction.

You bring out my best,
My worst.
I can't keep up with you,
Hard as I try
sometimes I think I don't want to.