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He forged a life, made of promises unkept
Each time, the mortal’s chain grew stronger
Unaware, in his future, he would be inept
As every day, the silver links, grew longer
Passing the time, he sought out his own
Thought they’d understand him the best
Not one would listen, his voice, a drone
They’d all come to despise and detest
Sinking away, to his cold, lonely house
Even the fire could not warm him tonight
He knew it didn’t matter, were he to grouse
He had saddled himself, with this plight
Soon he was called to the afterlife, where
He was fitted, with his now complete chain
Each link, a reminder of how he didn’t care
Every movement, of the weight, was his pain
March Writing Prompts – The last link – Day 2/31
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Heartfelt and gut-wrenching. And the gift for writing on your part. A very memorable piece here Dorinda. 👏❤️
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Thank you so very much! ❤
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thank you, ladies!! ❤
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Reblogged this on Tessa Can Do It! Positivity is Catching! and commented:
This is a great usage of the prompt – the last link. M posts daily prompts at https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2019/03/01/march-writing-prompts-2/. Read this prompt and then check out the others available on the other blog by “M”.
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Thank you for sharing and for sharing M’s prompts! ❤️
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You are both welcome. You made excellent use of a different type of prompt.
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🙂
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No there was not a reblog link. Liked your usage of the prompt.
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You have to actually be in the post to see the reblog…who knows. There’s always something with WP. Thank you very much!
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You are welcome.
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Ah after I posted the comment the reblog link then appeared. I know some of the themes have it so that you have to hit the comment link to get the like and reblog button to appear. Something similar seems to be happening here. It only appeared after I hit the comment button and posted one. Maybe another theme?
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That’s the first I’m hearing this. I’ve had this theme for years. I hope it’s just a glitch but might be worth telling WP what your experiencing.
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I found this out when I got tired of not being able to like something. It only had comments. I realized that if I click on comments it opens up the like/reblog area. To get yours I had to do that and then it appeared. Leads me to believe it has to do with some themes. I think all of that should be part of all themes, but who am I LOL!
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LOL!! You’re the first person to tell me they had to do that. I really wish WP would leave well enough alone.
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