Embracing My Darkness (!!strong language!!)

Image by lisa runnels from Pixabay Again and again, like an encore that never stops I feel like everything's hit me like a ton of fucking rocks... My heart bleeds for you to love me instead of forsaking me... We all know that I will never be who you want me to be... You take me through a …

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My Heart and Mind Shatter

Restoration – Image by KL Caley Like this old beaten house, my heart and mind are full of grief and loss. Long story short...My daughter duped me and took away everyone in one swish of her razor tongue. All I ever wanted was for my kids was for them to be loved, happy, and have …

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Millions Cry

Leave your gadgets, grab your sturdy staffWalk with me and live, losses happenTargets, a cracked corridorRefugees fled, safetyA last look, sadnessLost track of timeIt stands stillMillionsCry... This post was written using the words from Sunday Whirl Wordle #543. I used the style called Nonet. gadgets, refugee, staff, fled, crack, corridor, live, track, millions, last, target, …

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Good Days Ended ~ #StandWithUkraine

Image Credit:  Josh Rose @ Unsplash.com A smile worth a thousand words shown on her face It was one that rose above the chatter of the café courtyard The harmony of space and time, stood still Stopped on a dime to capture just one moment "Smile big, Oksana!" The next day... the smiles turned to …

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The Night The Sky Fell Apart ~ A Sestina

Photo Courtesy of News Delivers Their sorrow fills the streets with wails filled of smokeIce and ash fall in the air, creating dirt that lasts a lifetimeBravery is felt throughout tired shoulders, heavy and twistedCitizens…people… holding heavy artillery, becoming soldiersAs mothers squat to comfort the young and the feebleNo atonement will come from the other …

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