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A Glimpse of Cherry Blossoms
The cherry blossoms went as quickly as they came. An ephemeral wink of beauty; as if they had bloomed and taken a singular breath in the delicate flutter of a child’s lashes. The streets were awash in their petals, like neglected wishes that had spilled through the split seams of the air’s thin pockets. She Continue reading
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An Unexpected Discovery
Made by vintage hands;Skin as roughAs papyrusYet delicateLike an ancient whisper –Its secrets crushedBy a sudden noise –With lavender petalsPressed between its coarse layersHe finds glimpses of nostalgiaThrough blurs of monochromeMemories capturedIn polaroid framesTo which he is not connectedYet feels he knows deeply;Almost as ifHe’d lived as candidlyAs these unknown peopleBearing reflectionsOf untrammeled freedomReminding himOf Continue reading
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Absurd – Weekend Writing Prompt #203
Amy squinted at the mirror, fingers pressed to its cold surface framed in mahogany. Her expression twisted, confused at the empty space that should’ve shown her reflection. Everything else in her bedroom had one, so where was hers? She yelled out as her mother entered her room, gasping when she saw herself…in bed? But…that’s absurd! Continue reading
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Second Haiku
Red ribbons flutter The sun walks blooming branches Spring hides in rainbows Continue reading
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A Proper Goodbye
You will find meIn shreds of pencil shavingsSkin smudgedIn the clumsy graphiteOf uncertain proseRewritten over and overUntil I can taste its dust –Like charcoal –In my mouthPrickling down my throatTo cluster within my veinsRushing with anxious vanityTo write one final pieceIn the fashionOf a proper goodbyeTo these last few pagesMarking the endOf another precious journal— Continue reading
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With Eyes Wide Shut
Reclusive minds Joined together Sheltered within twin coves – Eyes fashioned In the delicacy of stained glass To embellish the world in reflections Of a sun-drenched halcyon Wrought from desperation That bends and fractures Bleeding through With a raw, unrelenting light Burning At their thin pupils Irises fogged Against the true colors Of the world So they remain Doggedly blind To preserve the fragile vestiges Of their broken sanity Continue reading
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Pipe Dreams
The hourglass shifts Collecting whispers Of vacillant thought — Abundant wishes Spilling from An anxious heart Trapped Within circadian cycles Of moving Yet going Nowhere Continue reading
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A Poetic Ramble
My words have gone — Lost In the roil and roar Of the tide Chasing mirth At the bare ankles Of sandy feet Strolling the shoreline Where my thoughts Have scampered away On thin, sprightly legs Into a sapphire oblivion Without looking back Leaving me behind To mindlessly ponder The exact moment A small rip Continue reading
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Yonder – Weekend Writing Prompt #202
YonderThe Caribbean blueUncharted watersRipple with the ambitionsOf a lone sailorTo find rumored treasuresBuried on verdant isles Bottled messagesWash ashoreThe burgeoning tideReflecting indulgent ambersOf a summer sunWhere children findFlotsamOf his unrealized dreams Another weekend writing prompt completed! Thanks to SammiCox for thinking of such a fun challenge to keep our writerly muscles flexing 😅 Happy Sunday! Continue reading
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Monsters in the Dark
Emma wasn’t scared of the dark. When nightmares separated themselves from the spill of formless shadows crowding the spaces of her room, she didn’t scream nor cocoon herself within the safety of her blankets. Instead, she watched rotted hands stretch from beneath her bed while ghoulish eyes blinked at her through the slats of her Continue reading
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