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OctPoWriMo 13: Timeless Beauty

Lines of memory Carve valleys through fragile skin Craters of my life Stripped bare of stardust and dreams Weathering the soul within   Age is strength, beauty What you see is not weakness It is[...]

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OctPoWriMo 14: The Map Of My Heart

The map of my heart Is ever rewritten by the tempests of time Memories whisper across barren terrain Once fertile with hope Dreams spill away Shatter across the sky The map of my heart Is[...]

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OctPoWriMo 15: Touched By Gods

Bang! The universe stretched and grew Spreading on and on All of us, every bit and piece Pulling farther and farther Apart… Clustering around the yellow star for warmth We clung together Drawn by her[...]

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OctPoWriMo 16: Night Hides the World

Peony pink lips Curve in the slightest smile Twilight hair spills around her Painting a halo in indigo and midnight She is perfection now As she never was in life I set her adrift on[...]

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OctPoWriMo 17: Dreams and Far Off Stars

I am spiraling Arms stretched out Grasping at dreams And far off stars I know I could catch you If you would only reach back Give me your clenched hand Holding on to wishes And[...]

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OctPoWriMo 18: Small Town Savior

In the distance, there is thunder Lightning dancing on the horizon But above The clouds hang so strange Over our small town Heavy and round Eggs in cluttered rows Waiting to hatch the imminent storm[...]

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OctPoWriMo 19: Southern Cross

  my heart shatters when you say goodbye and I wish you well pray to skies you no longer see for your safe return so far gone around the world where the heavens hang on[...]

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OctPoWriMo 20: Merger

I see you, she thought We circle each other Unsteady halos drifting ever closer Until I blush from your nearness Your warmth The gravity of you Collapses my orbit into your arms   I see[...]

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OctPoWriMo 21: Unspoken

I struggle for the words Frozen inside Hidden beneath my fractured shell The words to tell you All I desire Tumble back from my lips Fearing rejection Swallowed by my nervous throat This chasm of[...]

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OctPoWriMo 22: Blood Red

Born like anyone else Under the sun and a blood red moon They read the stars of the day Hoping for greatness A savior To scorch the heavens with glory Vermillion and crimson Scarlet and[...]

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