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Sunlight stains the window
I pour myself some tea
Tears flow from my swollen eyes
What has become of me?
I find myself inside this place
No reason to go outside
Afraid someone will see my pain
And I’ll have to run and hide
Away from the morning monsters
And the afternoon creatures I fear
Nighttime comes calling too quickly
And I find myself rather drear
Behind the glass panes, I surrender
To the despair I keep hidden so well
Although I have tried to escape me
I’m still locked in this living hell
Writing Prompt – Teardrops and teacups – Day 19/30
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Great piece, and it’s something we relive in darkness.
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Thanks so much, Tiffany! And thank you for following 🙂 I have visited your blog and followed back!
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Amazing poetry 👌👌👌👌
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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Deep….. Deeply deep.
Powerfully touching.
I can relate to this…. It’s almost a constant for me….
Thanks for this.
I feel so much lighter….. Like i read away my sadness along with the poem…
Beautiful.
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Thank you so very much. i do hope your days ahead are brighter. I appreciate your kind words 🙂
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I pray they are. Thanks you’re amazing
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Thank you very much! You’re in my thoughts & prayers ❤
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The rhyming is beutiful…..quite relatable👍👍
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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This is beautiful ✨.
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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💛
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Very true. I feel like getting into my mind sometimes can be quite scary.
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Always, but this wasn’t necessarily my mind. 😉
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You’ll find the door outside. Thanks for sharing.
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Oh this pain I believe many can relate to. Touching.
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Sadly, yes…Thanks for reading! 🙂
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the emotion is so vivid and raw and touching x
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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Wow! This is some amazing writing. Dark, dismal and hopeless… Something I knew all too well three years ago.
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I understand. Glad to know it’s in your past 🙂
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Good write. I’ve definitely felt this.
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Thank you very much, Joseph 🙂
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Nice to find you on your own personal blog, introspective and lovely write, Dorinda
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Thank you, Colly! Hope you’re doing well 😊
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My Dear Dorinda, You have such a wonderful way of touching my soul and your post here did that and more!!! It was so moving, intimate and heartfelt. Your words and feelings were so touching and masterfully stated!!
I have to laugh because you have encouraged me to “write more” and low and behold it seems that you have single handedly taken to motivating me to do so in this beautiful piece. You left me so many seeds of inspiration and one of them bloomed before I could even “Like” or comment. I am again indebted to you for the blossom you inspired.
I do hope things are well with you, My Dear! I will send you a copy of my piece so you don’t have to wait for me to post it.
Love, Hugs and blessings to You and Yours,
Chuck
xo
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You flatter me, my friend 🙂 Keep writing or else!
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Nicely written my friend. Hold yourself to your center and stay firm in the maelstrom! 😊 thoughts with…
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Thanks so much, rob! I’m weathering the storms as best I can. I have not forgotten you, I will be in touch soon. Just need your email again
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Glad you are OK. Hope you become okayer
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Thank you, Derrick! I like that word 🙂
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Your words touch deeply my heart and soul! An amazing poem my sister! Hugs and blessings!
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Thank you so very much, my brother! hugs to you and many blessings for a very Happy Thanksgiving!! 🙂
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Oh this is so very sad to hear dear sweet Dorinda. I’m so sorry life has become so hard. I remember times in my life when I felt exactly the same. I so wish I could do something to help. A long time ago a friend and colleague reminded me that “this to shall pass” and I always tell myself that now as it helps me to remember the truth of it. You are going through one of those dreadul times when you just have to tell yourself to take one step and a time knowing that ultimately a journey of a 1000 miles begins with one step and then another and then another and so on. Words like this seem so trite, but we have to hang on to something when the nightmarish days and nights come. Love and hugs and blessings, N 🙂 ❤ xoxoxoxoxoxo
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I’m okay, Natalie, just a bit overwhelmed by everything. I’m one, being pulled in many directions. I’m going one step at a time, and no, it’s not trite. Sometimes we truly need to be reminded. Thank you, my friend xoxo
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good I’m glad you’re okay! And I know how it feels to be pulled in many directions. It is a most uncomfortable and frustrating affair. Hang in there and remember one day it will be just a fading memory❣️😘🌹
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From your lips to God’s ears!! ❤ xoxo
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Great wisdom!
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Thanks😊❤️
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And thank you so much for listing Inspired By A Mountain Stream as one of your favorites! 😊❤
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It was certainly all my pleasure!! ❤
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I know it’s a prompt, but it still makes me worry, so Ewell done!! 😃💛
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Like I told Natalie, I’m just overwhelmed at the moment. I’ll be fine. I let it out in my writing ❤
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I can relate, sadly.
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Hang in there, Maranda!!
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What a take. You went very deep with this prompt. Very moving and thought-provoking, Dorinda!
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Thank you very much, Erika. One of those days.
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I guessed….
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