Anchored by the support
of our twining paths
strengthened by mutual desire
we become spiraled promises
seeking communion
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Prompt 10 – Somnolent Drifter
Iridescent drifter
Somnolent in
your lazy pursuit of sweet nectar
Ruby throated dancer
Slowly sipping
the endless charms of summer
Prompt 9 – Childhood Fluff
the inspo: Marshmallow fluff
meringue
sticky sweet
on my tongue dissolve
like childhood promises
and lingering kisses
on the lips of memories
Prompt 8 – Still
Rest
calls to me
Dark fathoms dropping
like stones into cold waters
Weightless, I’m claimed
by silence
Still
Prompt 7 – I dissent
I dissent
and do not consent
to your violation of
my sovereign self
I dissent
and will always lament
the grief you have rained down in
the name of false gods
I dissent
and will not relent
until every law is torn
apart at its core
Prompt 6 – I see you
Little girl with long braids, long limbs
Fearless and faithful
Asking questions I could not answer
I am proud of you
Always was, always will be
You are now as old as I was
When we said goodbye
But I still see you
Just as I did then
Fearless and faithful
Grown
Warm and wise
Prompt 5 – Binding Times
They nailed the law of the land
to their withered oaks
Toasted with wine glasses,
shattered in celebration
upon the pavement of promise
Red wine/ red blood
Spilling/mingling
While the old ones continued knitting
the fabric of forgotten ways
to bind and heal our broken land
Prompt 4 – never sated
100 years ago/from now
nothing ever changes
The patriarchs slash and burn
reaping where they do now sow
Laying innocents upon their unholy altars
And only bones remain from the frenzied feast of fragile men
who hate and lust
never sated
never abated
Catch and release
Star crossed and tangled
in tango’s catch and release
I choose to dance free
2 – DARKEST NIGHTS
in my darkest nights
restkess thoughts are roused by ghosts
of what might have been