3-Word Prompt: Should've, Could've, Would've

mollycatlos
Jan 11
1 min read

I could’ve bought myself flowers.

I could’ve held my own hand.

Perhaps I should’ve spent more hours

Promoting the self-love brand.

And while I believe in that fully,

And on that pillar, I stand,

Sometimes I wish someone else would’ve

Made me second in command.

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