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Will I or Won't I ... napowrimo 2018 - 4. Fourth Week
April 22, 2018 - Prompt: Comment on the narcissism of our time, i.e. beauty and body obsession, etc.
A mirror is duplicitous blinding us to the truth
Turning around, you see what you want to
Beauty is king, though it's naught but a casing
It cannot hold back truths buried beneath
We are obsessed with shape and appearance
Preening, running and paying for perfection
When in truth we are each good enough
Without surgery, tanning or Botox
Comeliness does not equal happiness
and some of us have the vision to see
the beauty locked deep inside
and giving you my hand sets it free
April 23, 2018 - Toronto van attack
My poetry;
this tiny bit of my world
was run over
by a white van
April 24, 2018
hospital
All is beige in these gloomy halls
Fake wooden doors hide secret places
Rooms filled with both pain and healing
Lost faces roam warren-like passages
Searching for places they rather not go.
day after van attack
When you told us
He was safe
Worry fell from me
like a lead coat
April 25, 2018
@MacGreg Sir said something the other day that inspired this:
Aspens whisper their truth
in the cold Colorado winds.
Where April's spring throes
bring cold May snows.
April 26, 2018
Though this week brought worry and pain,
fear and hate ran through our streets,
and gray skies seem to be the new normal,
Today love and hope, fills my tired heart.
Our spirit, our souls are resilient within us,
we strive to accomplish and triumph.
For it is our dreams, the need to create,
and strive, that makes us human.
April 27, 2018 - Prompt: A circle can't have corners
Beyond Possible
Someone told me the earth is flat
and penguins can fly like pigs.
Of these I have some doubt
cuz they are beyond possibility.
They said that circles can have corners
and life is simply a dream.
But you have done the impossible
and made our years together merely days.
April 28, 2018 - Prompt: The Hermit (Tarot Card)
I ask over and over again, why am I here?
Please share with me the meaning of life.
There is no answer you can give me
for the results do not rest with you
but are found within each of us
We each have a path to follow
and our own wisdom to find
To walk it, we must turn inward
leave the outside world of man
retreat inward, seeking the vital spark.
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Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are based on the authors' lives and experiences and may be changed to protect personal information. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
Note: While authors are asked to place warnings on their stories for some moderated content, everyone has different thresholds, and it is your responsibility as a reader to avoid stories or stop reading if something bothers you.
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