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The Power You Have – #poetry – #MayWriting

04 Monday May 2020

Posted by in May Writing, Poetry

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I close my eyes, a flash of light
Kinetic energy splits the night
Over and over, no end in sight
Why does the silence plague me?

No sounds, all thoughts are muted
For this I am no longer suited
Hoping for signs, yet refuted
Looking for someone to save me

Thrown to the shadows, so bleak
Is it the light, I constantly seek?
Body used, my mind, too weak
Letting go, the will you gave me

Turn toward the darkness, unspoken
My spirit is tired and broken
Captured in a tomb, I soak in
The power you have to enslave me

 

May Writing Prompt – The final orbit

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Friday Fantasy ~ Inside the Gate – #poetry – #fate

08 Friday Nov 2019

Posted by in Friday Fantasy, Poems, Poetry

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Can you tell me, wise old sage

What lies beyond the gate?

Will I journey through them?

And tempt the hands of fate

They say you are the only one

Who can tell my future true

I am here to listen closely

To the wisdom, that is you

In the setting sun of evening

With the stars that shine so bright

I’ll wait here, in the darkness

With you, as my guiding light

I’ll stand here and I’ll wonder

If you’ll ever let me see

What it is inside the gate

That’s waiting just for me

 

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Defiance – #Senryu – #poetry – #IWHChallenge

30 Wednesday Oct 2019

Posted by in I Write Her Haiku/Senryu Challenge, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Senryu

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Piercing yellow eyes

Unhuman in the darkness

Stare in defiance

 

I Write Her Weekly Haiku/Senryu Challenge #43

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The Saboteur – #poetry #death – #OctoberWriting

05 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by in October Writing, Poetry

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The place where silence had a voice

Called to mind, but not by choice

The one she knew, who she was

Now no clue, and just because

Her life had left her, far behind

Harsh words, unsaid, so unkind

Failed her, in her darkest hours

Waited, as her heart grew sour

No noise was heard, as she spoke

No words uttered, nor evoked

The silence, had taken her last chance

No doubt, this was not happenstance

For she knew who caused this to occur

The one they called “The Saboteur”

Silent, every word, spewed madness

Her heart, overflowed, with sadness

No way to break him, this grim reaper

She knew he’d find a way, to keep her

 

October Writing Prompt – The place where silence had a voice

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Goodbye William – #poetry #death – #OctoberWriting

04 Friday Oct 2019

Posted by in October Writing, Poetry

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Desolate, lies the body of William
No one knows he’s there, but him
Erected a marker, on a whim
By light of a candle, growing dim

Full moon tilts his head and smiles
Knows about William, and his wiles
Certainly, not a man who beguiles
But, one with tribulations, and trials

A lonely grave, its marker shines
With no one there, to grieve nor pine
This unknown man, created a shrine
In his name, not yours, nor mine

Alas, poor William, no one knew
He left this Earth, for a moment or two
Now flies about, his mind askew
This count of darkness, his evil, true.

 

October Writing Prompt – And just like that he was six feet under

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