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loss
with what
you know about
past lives, turmoil, trauma
how dare you misconstrue this calm
for ease?
I fear
if you peer beneath the veneer
what appears as apathy
will show true cost
of loss
***
loss
cinquain
Day 13 – Laughing at Our Tears
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Laughing at Our Tears
I cry
because we may
end our own journey long
before its mystery unveils
solace
is just another made-up word
by those on roads too far
losing our way
we weep
punchlines
ring through ruins
rubble, rubbish, hubris
future historians marvel
relics
almost grasping understanding
falling stars, proud ashes
our dust echoes
laughter
***
Day 12 – Communion
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Communion
I shrug
at religion
you spy me walk away
thinking I’ve walked away from God
you’re wrong
you see
in our Cosmos, vast, infinite
I’m a speck, but you’re less
when you tell me
“God hates”
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Written for imaginary garden with real toads Out of Standard – Signs of the time prompt, imagined By Isadora Gruye . Come check out the rest of the toads.
common tempest
common tempest
raindrops
pooling downward
joining creak to marshland
ponds, streams, tributaries fed by
her tears
thunder
chasing lightning
sonic reverb transfer
potential, kinetic shudder
his pain
landslide
rushing downward
life uprooted, falling
order, chaos, all the same vibe
blending
river
churning, winding
carving stone like putty
flushing nutrients to deltas
mending
sandbar
what’s left behind
river lapping edges
touching, lingering at tidepools
softened
raindrops
chasing lightning
life uprooted, falling
touching, lingering at tidepools
mending
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Written for dVerse Poetics: The River. Paul Dear is guest hosting. The river theme is his baby. Feel free to drop by and check out other poets’ river-themed poems.
