Reposting to meet today’s Daily Prompt Silence Cuts with more precision than the most accomplished executioner’s guillotine Amputates what is left of tenuous associations Silence Radiates with more antagonism than the most blood-thirsty dictator’s decree Annihilates what is left of incommensurable lives Silence Consumes with more indifference than the most proficient predator’s lair Immolates what is left of disintegrating liaisons Passively aggressive … Continue reading Silence
Like vignettes from a horror movie permanently on replay the images flash across the screen once, twice, now almost daily The debate among pundits continues two steps forward and one step back spinning wheels creating trails of blue and red smoke The tears of yet another family fall too many names carved on a growing list Each someone’s Everything as we sit by helplessly Hearts … Continue reading Madness
Bitterness like high-octane fuel needs just a spark of wrenching disappointment to set a world ablaze Animosity like deeply compressed coal needs just a convergence of repeated altercations to reduce histories to ash Failure like high tension wire needs just another squawking bird adding an ounce of added weight to make everything come crashing down Continue reading Crashing Down
Reading a face once familiar tells so much more than you’ll ever find in the pages of a book proclaiming to hold all the answers When smiles fall flat never reaching eyes that are clouded with doubt and defeat Tasting the bitterness of misery reveals so much more than you’ll ever sip in the black coffee left abandoned and cold When chaste … Continue reading Agree to Disagree
