At the Andover Creative Writers’ group, last Wednesday evening. We worked on visual prompts. The instruction was to just use the image. No title. No named artist. Just the image.

This is what I came up with. Read it out loud. I hope that you enjoy it.

 Naked young lady sitting on the corner of an empty bed, with her back to us.
Her right hand rests on the edge of the crumpled sheet as she gazes at the bed.

Will she come back to me?
Has she abandoned me?
What were her last words to me?
What did I say that upset her so much?
Her side of the bed is empty. Cold.
What were her last words to me?
Her sweet scent lingers.
I cannot forget her.
I will NEVER change these sheets.
She loved our song. It echoes in my head.
How we laughed!
How we loved!
How we cried together!
Oh! That scent of hers still lingers …
Has she abandoned me?
Why? What did I do?
Will she EVER come back to me?
She will NEVER die!