She did not scout
the darkness
Allowing it to lure
her into the passage
of time
Realizing
there was no going back
Bait and switch
Trapped forever
living in the past
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Word Prompts:
Scout
Passage
Switch
Haiku
A quarter of moon
Peeking through the evening clouds
Lighting the way home
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Trying to untie
the macramé
of my thoughts
Knotted every
which way
Tightly bound
and resistant
to my attempts
All I can do is hope
for a fray
The more
I struggle
the more it stings
Words no longer
coherent
A jumbled mind
looking for release
from this
cloud covering
obscurant
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Prompts
Sting
Coherent
Go Dog Go Cafe - Promote Yourself Monday
Senryu
Heavy rain falling
Drowning my sorrows tonight
Washing away pain
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Senryu
A cross word spoken
Can never be taken back
Without consequence
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It is no one’s fault
That I find myself here
By the water’s edge
Where else would I be?
Searching for answers
as is my way
I look up to the sky
and count the stars
framing the memory
in my mind
Remembering the last time
Here with you
I am not the prisoner
living within your mind
Nor your property
but yet you judge me
I came and left
grateful to be free
I picture the angle
of your jaw
that ever so slight
smirk on your face
your eyes, your hair,
your voice
Tiredness comes
eventually
and I am calm
Resting now
between the layers
of my thoughts
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Prompts
Sue Vincent's Thursday Write/Photo - Calm
Angle - RDP
Frame - SoCS
The Fault in our Stars - Go Dog Go Cafe
MLMM Saturday Mix - Mad about the Metaphor
Senryu
Those moments in time
When we were young and in love
In my heart always
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The flicker of movement
in the corner of my eye
Warm breath on my neck
A soft touch
against my cheek
These things
Let me know
of your presence
When sadness consumes me
or I dissolve in a meltdown
the house lights will flash
That little bird sitting
on my shoulder
Whispering in my ear
and I know
you’ve heard me
These subtle messages
of communication
Imagined or not
give me the strength
I need to grow without you
for you have gone now
to somewhere else
across the Universe
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Word Prompts
Universe
Melt
Image Jonny Lindner from Pixabay
Haiku
Ospreys seen nesting
Up on the telephone pole
Safely out of reach
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Haiku
Water Moccasin
Sleeping in its poisoned coil
On the river bank
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