Attitude
Stronger — a dream built by design I welcome the challenge today photo: Pixabay prompt: Go Dog Go Cafe Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge – Elfchen form Continue reading Attitude
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Dreaming
been busy chasing illusions after midnight just to set them free free to discover if the bite of that cherry is as sweet as the forbidden apple and then I remember that’s why we dream alone photo: Pixabay Continue reading Dreaming
Harbinger
Words spoken don’t always make it so Rather, action is the harbinger of truth revealed layer by layer petal by petal moment by moment Behavior bears fruit to stoke the fires of redemption of motivation of creation It’s a dance spinning out of control designed to chase away every demon A cathartic salve it soothes those deep wounds hidden in unsent letters and private rants framed … Continue reading Harbinger
Notable Embodiments
His smile was like some kind of magic, mysterious, leaning on the edge of darkness. With his worn jeans and tattered jacket two sizes too big, he was the type of man who could have easily slipped into the background unnoticed and alone, but that grin… He sat on the bumper of a rusted old car, tapping turquoise boots as he sang a … Continue reading Notable Embodiments
Family Ties
Elusive, like shadows in the water Static electricity that hums just before it sparks A vanishing point that disappears just beyond awareness There’s an invisibility to it, this connection A chain-reaction that builds as one after another after another is born to women who are sisters, to women who are daughters in a family creating its own legacy Bonds illuminated by the blood they share … Continue reading Family Ties
Paper Ambitions
I was paper my ruled lines, empty anticipating worlds we’d create one word at a time I was open my blank spaces, ready willing to receive your wisdom one word at a time You, a Charmer of the most venomous snake, Master of Secrets, scheming creating optical illusions one word at a time I was unprepared my delicate skin, ripped frenetic writing undermining dreams one … Continue reading Paper Ambitions
Never Forget
Not so long ago, a world made of glass slowly reached an impasse At war with tenacious beliefs bolstered by the timidity of belief distorted They waited for dark times to pass Cracks begin to form — soon, a crevasse Devastation ensued en masse Repercussions sorted by leaders they’d once courted in this world made of glass Counting minutes passing through an hourglass Desperately hiding … Continue reading Never Forget
Silent Battles
She suffers in silence, alone Her outward appearance, deceptive as her body wages war on itself crippling joints, a slow-motion stranglehold Her outward appearance, deceptive Some days are good while others succumb to that slow-motion stranglehold as it tightens its grip Her counter attack, a cornucopia of pills — yellow, pink, orange Still, some days are good enough to balance those when she … Continue reading Silent Battles
No Nevermind
Often alone, even on Visiting Day, she wandered the halls in her threadbare robe shuffling heel to toe, heel to toe and muttered nevermind, no nevermind, no Always following the same path driven by melodies of her youth she’d find a patch of sunlight there by the windows covered in bars the scent of roses overpowered the antiseptic the laughter of children blocked moans of … Continue reading No Nevermind
Hearts Aflame
Curiosity never fails Idle thoughts and pillow talk Curiosity never fails Mysteries revealed shock Lovers at odds Idle thoughts and pillow talk Truth strikes like lightning rods an uncomfortable shift Lovers at odds and so begins the slow drift nothing is the same an uncomfortable shift Everything going up in flames the end is near nothing is the same loss of love so dear the … Continue reading Hearts Aflame
Hypocrisy
Thankful for her free spirit She is oblivious to the stares as knowing glances are exchanged and snarky smirks are barely disguised What does it say when those that remind our children to be kind delight tearing down the quirkiness of another? I suppose it is human nature, that fragile façade, to condemn those that are different from what society dictates as “normal” Hypocrisy lurks … Continue reading Hypocrisy
