Day 17 - Aftermath

 Day 17 and this is going to be an interesting exercise as I am 36 hours awake. Today's prompt comes from the site Jericho Writers which has its own lists of 100 prompts. The one I've chosen to use is this:

"Write about an aftermath; of an argument, a panic attack, crying, a break up, a dizzy spell, the best news of your life etc."

So without further ado, here we go:

Aftermath

All these imagined insults fade 
into smoke - curlicues from 
cigarette spiralling into open air;

sat on window sill - eyes sore,
breathing uneven, mind become 
a churning ocean.

You hear his last "I love you" 
as keenly as the police sirens 
echoing across the streets... 

choke a laugh back as you think 
how pretty that lie sounded; dead 
roses being planted in your throat.

But you believed him, you did and 
now you are here - exhausted from 
the deluge of tears and wishing 

you could wake up seven years ago 
and reconsider the choices you 
made so eagerly.