Downfall – #poetry – #NaPoWriMo – #AprilWriting

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Small child, inquisitive in nature
Pushes mightily against the door
A glimmer of light from the other side
Instinctively, he must know more!

Unaware he is being watched
He’s determined to make his way in
The door pushes back, stubborn, stuck
Is there even a chance he will win?

Head down, he is almost there
Til a sound from the room disturbs
“Who dares gain entrance to my lair?”
From a creature, now, quite perturbed

“Little boys don’t belong here” he cried
“You best go outside, yes, to play.”
“Leave me alone, in my empty home,
I beg of you, please, GO AWAY!”

The little boy laughed at the face on the wall
Not heeding the creature, would be his downfall…

 

April Writing Prompt – Inky blackness and the faintest glow of light from around the door

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Day is Done – #poetry #NaPoWriMo

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Fire sizzles against waters, vast
A mere reflection of the past

Day goes by, again, returns
Still the fire, there, does burn

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Sleep now, in the evening glow
This final resting place, you go

So sad we can’t forever stay
Why must it always be this way?

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When time reminds us, day is done
And with the earth, we become one

Much like the fire that leaves the sky
We will, at last, need say goodbye

 

Author’s Note:  I wrote this poem with a heavy heart.  There has been so much sadness this past year or so, and still, it continues.  My heart goes out to all who lost loved ones… ❤

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Image by Susan Cipriano from Pixabay

Friday Fantasy ~ Enticed – #poetry #butterflycinquain – #NaPoWriMo

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Enticed

She climbs the steps

Daring the fates, unknown

White candles flicker, beckoning

Seduced

This fire, out of her control

Burns deeply in her soul

She falls victim

Betrayed

 

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Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay

Zeus’s Storm – #poetry #Shadorma – #NaPoWriMo

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Zeus’s storm

His beacons pierce night

Through clouds, thick

Unsettled

Poseidon balks, unamused

As lightning strikes deep

 

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Image by superemelka from Pixabay

Awakening Morning – #poetry #challenge – #NaPoWriMo

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As she lifts the veil

Awakening morning’s light

Freedom is given

Her flocks fly hurriedly by

Before darkness reigns again

 

#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 220, #POET’SCHOICE

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Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay