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I picked off that rose that grew from concrete And held on tight but it only caused both of us to bleed
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ALifeWitArt in Poetry & Free Verse

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The weightless snow falls constant like our sorrow

All of our regrets, our mistakes—loss

Melancholy shades of isolated ice

Substance frozen in time reminding us of the moments

Lost to innocence and to the purity

Gone before we knew what had happened

Only to realize in retrospect that we are alone

In our tired state of burden

The snow is white but it is charred with our regret

It is a secret we keep

Unalarming in its sound but loud in its truth

The snow cries like our grief

Decision by decision falling in slow motion

Light until recognized by the heaviness of our memory

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Sofie

Searching

I found you in the corners of my room

In the nooks and crannies where

I had carefully laid the pieces of myself

That no one else should see

The fears, the hopes, the shared lost dreams.

Our hands, they mingled in the dark

And my eyes caught on a flash of light,

Gold and blues

Your favorite hues

They mixed til all I saw was black

I reached for you, but could not find

The hands I held, the eyes that cried

For you like me, are human too

And you had passed just like they do

To someone else, someone new

And I was left to look for you

in pieces of sky turned pink and blue

Challenge
A regret, in 15 words.
Cover image for post Regrets, by sandflea68
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sandflea68

Regrets

My regrets

coating souls

crushing weight

struggling torso

blackened remorse.

Can’t

fling it off.

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Mara_C in Words

Your Name

I'm screaming your name,

but you

don't hear,

or

care...

27.6.2020

Challenge
Explain how you are feeling right now.
Write a creative explanation of how you are feeling in this moment. Your entry can be prose, poetry, etc. Have fun and be creative.
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milu

narrow

you say

"i feel you".

but you feel you.

and i feel me.

and it feels

narrow

and i feel

stuck.

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9158

paradox

We make things,

we create things,

we buy things,

to solve our problems,

to lessen our worries.

But paradoxically,

and very much amusingly,

the more things we have,

the more problems we have,

and the more worries we have.

That's how life just is.

Now, that's just hilarious.

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GaryEnglish

To Don’t List

· Don’t think that others

Are better than you

Because they

Are more confident.

· Don’t be the one

Who always gives in,

Doing favours for people

Who do nothing for you.

· Don’t put yourself under pressure

Because others have unreasonable expectations,

Making you feel guilty

For not meeting them.

· Don’t put up

With people who don’t respect you

Or abuse you

In word or deed.

· Don’t hide your emotions

Behind painted smiles

And pleasant words

Masking what you feel.

· Don’t be the one

Saving everyone else

With no-one to turn to

And not saving yourself.

· Don’t sacrifice your life

Don’t waste your time

And don’t forget

How good you are

And don’t forget

To always be you.

Don’t.

Challenge
Falling like the stars
Falling like the stars is a song by James Arthur. This piece of lyric has always been my favorite so write something that uses the phrase "Falling like the stars" It can be anyway of using this phrase in any format you want.
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Danceinsilence

When It Happened

I

I never knew

I would fall in love again.

I never knew

I could feel this way again.

A world of possibilities

opened up to me,

falling like stars,

soaking into my soul.

I never knew

you loved me from the start.

I never knew

you were my destiny.

A single monent,

a single word,

changed everything,

falling like stars.

Now I know,

what you always knew.

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Bunny

Iceberg Bully

Tell me

what you been doing...

...leaving signs

outside my door?..

Tell me

what you been saying?...

...roll snake eyes

to add your score...

I feel a cold

wind

under my skin...

I feel a cold wind

under my clothes...

I feel a cold

wind

under my skin...

...Now I know...

Now I kno-o-ow...

I've been away

from the fire

too long it seems,

as your north wind's

taking it's toll...

Both wheels are shot...

that ball on the cot

is a wounded cat

you tossed

to the snow...

I feel a cold

wind

under my skin...

I feel a cold wind

under my clothes...

I feel a cold

wind

under my skin...

...Now I know...

Now I kno-o-ow...

Tell me

what you been doing...

...leaving signs

outside my door?..

Tell me

what you been saying?...

...roll snake eyes

to add your score...

I feel a cold

wind

under my skin...

I feel a cold wind

under my clothes...

I feel a cold

wind

under my skin...

...Now I know...

Now I kno-o-ow...

©

6/26/20

Bunny Villaire

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Lotusflower

I tried to see the light,

While seeking my inner fight

Somewhere between body and mind

I found my inner sight

Im fighting with all my might

To spread my wings

And take flight

But I cannot see my path

The difference between wrong and right

Who am I to judge

With these words I must recite

Everything I think I know

A feeling so contrite

I've lived many lives

I've gazed into the sun so bright

But I cannot see the end

Only endless stars in the sky at night

I'd like to believe that I am infinite

With a flame awaiting to ignite

Hopefully one day I'll be able to say

I'm more than just alright

For the lost ones I'll have some incite

On this spiral we call life

The journey of life is long

So I guess I’ll have to hold on tight