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Enduring Elm
From the moon’s chilled embrace To the sun’s warm kiss upon my face I sit restless beneath these leaves Sprawling branches shield as eaves Guarding against light Yet yielding to wind’s blight My elm she stands tall In winter and in fall
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Showdown-Daily Prompt
Raven black hair pooled in thick coils about a moonlight pale face. Her exposed arms revealed rigid cords of muscle and a latticework of scars. They betrayed a past she had shed and let fall from her like so many sakura blossoms in the shadow of Spring. Draped in a nightingale robe pulled…
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Boring Bloodshed
Headlines flashed across the screen Reds and blues light up the streets The anchor’s coat a blithe green She ran through the story with no retreats Down the corner Just past Grand Assembled many a mourner For a murder quite bland
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The Letter- Daily Prompt
When I finally tried to read what you wrote, I don’t know, it just didn’t register as real for me. I sat there staring at the words but there was no meaning behind them. Just scratches on a page. We’ve kept your room for you. We know that it doesn’t matter now, but it didn’t…
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Strayed Souls-Daily Prompt
Sun-blanched bones Shaded by keen-eyed crones Saturate the arid copper dune Soul to the sea of abraded loam Sought by those who seek to attune Sunken in desperation these players roam Solicitude radiating in waves subliminal Sanity revived at a constant minimal Daily Prompt:Minimal
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Black and Blue
Black and blue Bloomed across my face Springtime blossoms Painful companions Heartbreaking reminders No matter how much I loved You only gave hate
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Time To Conquer-Daily Prompt
He stood at the edge and watched the alabaster rapids surge in anger below. Inhale. His lungs filled with pine suffused air. The sun sat heavy on the horizon to the west. Long ribbons of plum and vermilion laced the sky, bathing the terrain in their lavish shades. The rustle of the trees and the…
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A Monster In The Night- Part II
“My grandad once told me that our concept of tragedy is wrong. My neighbor’s entire family died in a car accident. Drunk driver, rainy road, it was awful. And, when I said it was a tragedy, he told me I was wrong. ‘That’s the problem with people today,’ he slid his glasses from…
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Along The Way
We used to write songs together You and I Huddled beneath a field of stars Your voice would fill those nights The delicate summer winds Carrying the melody through the air But we never did get the feelings worked out It was never the right time Or it was the perfect time …
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Frigid Farewell
you left me in the cold tempered by the chill i became ever bold to seek out malignant thrill on my own was not so bad i just wish I could have told that without you my heart grew sad even now it’s your hand I long to hold