Another one using a prompt from The Magic Words. The character is not in the relationship he thought he was in. Is his perspective right, or is he only coming up with an answer that keeps him comfortable? This is the prompt.
And this is what “he” wrote.
Breakup Poem
You ask me if I am crushed.
But I am not crushed.
I swore you were the lead in my life.
I hoped you were the principal.
Now I walk out of this broken alliance
and see the play for the first time
and know that you are not the play.
I am the lead,
and I am the principal,
and I am the play.
hmmmm, Child, I’za left thim foolz too.
‘…broken alliance’ seems very apt in current times.
Yes. In this case, I was choosing words carefully so as not to indicate gender or type of relationship–personal? professional?