Twelfth Night
The 12-day canopy of unreal Life has been taken down. Harsh reality falls back into Living, darkness again the Force is always was, without The fairy lights and trees, And… Continue Reading
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Her Pyre
Out of the darkness they hauled her, Gave her the strap in public until Her back covered the ground in Black blood, transparent sweat, But no tears. They were busy… Continue Reading
Serial Monogamy
If you’re a serial Monogamist, it’s easy To let one relationship Segue into the next; The old love fades out Quietly, and the new One fades in gently Without anyone… Continue Reading
For Those Who Care
Know this: Time is too fast, and Life too short, Every disappointment A betrayal. You alone Can make a difference To each moment, To your life, To those you care… Continue Reading
Hope
At each turning of the light, and Eleven days later at the beginning of A new calendar, we somehow dare To hope that the entire fabric of All lives will… Continue Reading
This Void
This Void Between them – 963 abstract Units of distance measurement. The connection flickers, ebbs, dies, Resurrects, but there’s no sign of Life at the other end, the one Far… Continue Reading
Market Stalls
Market Stalls She’d always thought he was cute, despite his being short and portly, with the squint which lent mischief to his sad face, which only sometimes smiled, usually when… Continue Reading
Shatter
Shatter Some days are better, When he’s too busy to remember What brought him here, And he doesn’t count the years Since it happened. Tucked deep into his hood And… Continue Reading
Fable
I have written every day, but only today’s prompt seems appropriate. Fable It was there from the beginning, Yet too few heeded the warnings, That the monster was growing, that… Continue Reading
Three poems
Chasing my own tail, in truth. So here are three poems based on the prompts of the last three days. It seems like the change in clocks has robbed me… Continue Reading