Image credit: Caleb Williams @ Unsplash I cannot control your blind eyes to see me as human, even when you see me behind these bars. I am a man, a friend, a brother, a son, a husband, an uncle, a cousin, a co-worker, a volunteer, and a human. Society doesn't like what it cannot control, so I …
Tag: What Do You See?
Heritage ~ #WDYS 124
Image Credit: Houcine Ncib @ Unsplash She feels the weight of the world in her hands, heavy Hard to belong, lost in this space The space of life, heritage, freedom...it's not ringing The oppression is screaming into the ears of the indigenous people from every sunrise to every sunset, heartbreaking... © E.M. Kingston, 2022 ~ All Rights …
The Hands of Hell ~ #WDYS 122
Image Credit: 8machine@ Unsplash Look closely, see my demise as I pass through the hands of hell Magenta seas rapping at the soul's door--entry denied! The cold hands reaching inside of me "You cannot beat me...for I am strong, not weak!" The bony fingers I slip through peacefully... Others will not find that fate. Tortured spirits, …
An Unperfect Date ~ #WDYS 121
Image credit: Olga Solodilova @ Unsplash At first, intentive to his adulation of her The table of flowers, the perfect setting Her beauty filled his eyes, adoration Rain taps on the window, sublimity His effort original, something she should cherish The fine wine he sips, confident Ardor inside of himself, without revealing it She looked away, uninterested …
Junie Loves Gossip ~ WDYS #120
Image Credit: Google Images Junie came home from running errands, and she couldn't wait to tell her husband what she had seen. If it wasn't there in black and white, literally, she would have thought it was an illusion. "Guess what I saw today love?" Junie said to Barry. Barry looked up from his newspaper …
Beauty in Crimson Vision ~ #WDYS 118
Image credit: Tathanhtaun @ Pexabay Look...see here...through these spectacles The beauty in the fog The horizon now lingers in the distance Yet still the cityscape is seen more clearly The red tinge brings life To a city of strife lacking luster Or is it more death that is seen Through the crimson vision? Beauty, like death, …
The Freedom of One Man ~ #WDYS 117
Image credit: Suliman Sallehi @ Pexels He took the chance to feel free, if only for one moment in time, dire times at that. His world had been crumbling in his relationship, his career, and his dreams. He had no control over those things, but he could control himself climbing up to the highest peak of his …
Chicken Hawks ~ WDYS 116
Image credit: LuizClas@ Pexels Back in the day, we called them "chicken hawks". Dad always had that name for them. I would stand in the yard and watch them swirl around while they soared in the skies. That's how we had always known when there was something that had become one with the Earth by …
Kitty Meets Plant ~ Kitty Wins
Image credit: Dimhou @ Pixabay "Meow", the kitty says as he bats at the flower, which wafting in the wind. He had it in his crosshairs from the other side of the sidewalk. He pounced like a lion, smacking at it as he landed before it. His keen eyes zoomed in on the periwinkle-colored flowers. He patted …
Remembrance – #WDYS 114
One of my other favorite prompts is this one from Sadje, and it is called What Do You See? We get a picture, and we get to write what we see. The thought is to trigger something creative from the picture, whether it be a story, poetry, or feeling. Image credit: Being. the. traveler@ Pexels She …
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