Prompt #12 So we decided to wire her the money

For today's prompt, I want you to take the phrase "So we decided to (blank)" and fill in the blank. Make that your title and write a poem. Some possibilities include "So we decided to plant a tree" or "So we decided to burn a hole in the sky."

So we decided to wire her the money

to come home on a Greyhound
thinking five days on a bus might
be enough to figure out how far off track
she was but he followed and we found out
they were married and anything good
we wanted to happen wasn’t going to happen
not with him in the picture so we decided
she had to leave until she was clean again
and he was out of the picture and we
changed the locks but after a month
of living on her own we decided to let her
come back home if she promised to keep
her room clean and get herself into a program
but nothing ever changes so we decided
to admit her when the doctors said
they didn’t know what else to do.

4-13-09 10:27:55 #516