Buffalo Jump

I was feeling a little apathetic today, and I wanted to post, but as soon as I logged on, I couldn’t think of a thing to write about. So I did a quick Google search for “blog topics,” and I found a list of 55 More Blog Posts I Hope You Write. One of them, #37, was “I Have the Craziest Uncle Ever.” Which made me laugh because, in fact, I do.

But instead I think I’ll post a poem I wrote with the help of CreativeWritingPrompts.com. It’s a wonderful site; there are over 300 writing suggestions, one of which I followed here to create this: (It’s not entirely original because the prompt gave me 3 phrases and instructed me to use them in a poem.)

I tie the ribbon in a foolish way,
smiling at the frivolous bows
and unnecessary curls upon the gift
that was never meant to be given.
My feet clip-clop out the doorway
in search of the solid ground my mind
knows to be a lie, and the delicious
fragility of this travesty brings a smile
to my face.
She ought to know, to realize
the implications of my lies, but
it is not my fault that she does not. And
so I leave the package (that may as well
be empty) on her cold doorstep,
then run off through the wind and rain
to escape to the single place
where we still laugh and wish.

Love always,

Stargrl