Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Dark Closet Writing Prompt

Things you can’t find when the light bulb burns out in your closet…

Ah, the things you can’t find when the light bulb burns out

in the interior closet,

shelves crammed full of stuff.

The interior closet, 

normally lit by a 60 watt bulb,

with a string hanging down from the fixture.

The closet that when the door is open

isn’t in direct line of sight to the dim hallway light,

Which sometimes randomly blinks,


What was I looking for?

I forgot when the closet went dark,

And I stepped back,

Fumbling to close the door,

Before I knocked anything off a shelf.