Matt Willis

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

Stories (3)

3 Stories

41 karma pts

?

“Goodbye to the one who looks like you” by Matt Willis

Submitted to Contest #44

It is time to say goodbye. It is time to let you go. My love is gone.I must push you away. I must resist the urge to take comfort in the embrace. Because it is not your embrace that has been warming me, soothing me. It is not your embrace that I can’t fall asleep without. It is not your embrace that brings me back to the world when sleep is interrupted with the harsh realities. It is not your embrace that I need to start my day again. It is hope that holds me close, that brings me safety. I must push hope’s embrace away.I now try and look de...

Read story

“The Fun You Can Have” by Matt Willis

Submitted to Contest #43

Lucy Dash was sittin on her couch once again, Waiting for something fun that never seemed to begin. “if she only had a pool like Lisa and Joan,Or A new bike to ride or her very own phoneEveryday just dragged on as she sat in wallow,Knowing there’d be more boredom tomorrowSuddenly a scurry went tippity tap outside on the grassLucy went out to look, but she’d turn her head and it would pass“Yoo hoo, yoo hoo, looking for something to do?”“Well come and find me if you can, before I jump out and say boo”“Am I across the grass, maybe at ...

Read story

“Are you doing this to me?” by Matt Willis

My heart sank as my wife, the person with whom I agreed to share my life with, and the woman who vowed to be with me through better and worse, has betrayed my hopes and wishes once again. She had not learned from our past issues. Here she was, repeating the same sick behaviors.Another man. Again."How could you do this to me, again? " I asked. The disappointment in my voice was about as subtle as a pair of symbols. I wanted her to know I was hurt, to my core. And that it could all be avoided if it weren't for this new man, this man who now sa...

Read story

Author bio

Matt Willis has not written a bio yet!