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she had never seen
someone’s eyes see only her
she had never heard
a voice both foreign and home
she had never felt
a touch meant for her alone
she had never said
such things to another soul
she had never known
until this very moment
it could be like this
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layer by stony layer
she fashioned alone
a fortress like no other
year by lonely year
she retreats from pain until
joy can not find her
day by numbing day
sanctuary becoming
solitary hell
crack by gleaming crack
she wakes to find hope creeping
crawling across walls
weakened by her growing will
to reveal her truth
layer by stony layer
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And an older piece that fits the latest prompt….
for tonight we drink
and feast on the living joys
celebrating our
ordinary everyday’s
wonders thrills marvels
sharing laughing loving
let us miss not one
no not one
tonight
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I fear most the drift
washed away without design
left alone to chance
I loathe most the drift
bowing to the swells of fate
soul’s white flag to chance
I miss most the drift
freed of any crooked stokes
not my fault but chance
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their voices low
humming rumbling purring
underneath the sheets
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which door do I choose?
each one leads to another
hall of confusion
Photo by black eyes
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she spirals in vain
as her mind ever wanders
in search of respite
and relief from her very
ordinary life
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sitting in silence,
the vigilant stray not from
their eternal post
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Photo taken at the Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok, Thailand.
mind lost in the mist
searching for transparency
time slowly reveals
In 2001 I was in a car accident that left me in what I described either as a foggy state of mind or as if I were moving underwater. It took about two months before I felt “normal” again.
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Photo by Brr
