On a frosty day
I like to contemplate
Past Springs Summers Autumns
The scent of evergreen
Under silent vigil
Life continues
Getting ready to burst once gain


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Heart versus mind...
Precarious pendulum
I won't wait for hello
How about a kiss
All my heroes are dangerous
Let me feel
Your pounding strength

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This darkness breathes
over my blurred edges
in tiny fragile murmurs

light of empty mornings
bleeds out of my tangled wings
stream of tainted sorrows

enfolded in frigid beauty
of delicate, icy tendrils
by now forgotten tomorrows

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She has me bewitched,
her majesty in monochrome,
devastating in the darkness,
yet alluring when at home 😻

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Back from the war.
Healed by your touch.
Far from the horror.
Here in your arms.

Sometimes I forget.
That I'm home.
Heart skipped beat.

But then
Awaking to

You.

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As the universe spun
Mysterious confusion
I held you so close
Caught in rapturous illusion
Feeling your heat
Your breath on my skin
My heart skipped a beat
As my eyes drank you in
My love from the future
My desire from the past

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Winding down
after fanatic catch up
frenzy of writing about
yesterday today tomorrow
dreaming a little dream of poetry
words spinning in circle
would they touch any hearts

TY

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She~
There you are
young thing
Here I am
Envious of you...
Secret bohemian
Only in my imagination

He~
There you are spilling
Your soul so easily
Wearing your heart on your sleeve..



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When I reflect
I focus on
My eyes watching
Clouds dance
Birds glide
All bad memories become
Meaningless
I know my soul is as free
Even more so
Because I can beyond
Reality....

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Whispers were haunting
Still she moved
Through the wood
The costume of her silence
Stained with raven's blood
Warm in her vermillion cloak
Of luxurious velvet
She draws back the hood
Her dark eyed stare
Spellbinding



Art|Unknown

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the lost shadows of twilight dreams
interweaving day and night
a tapestry of faith emerges
holding true to the moonlight
that reveals the naked heart
cloaking its tender vulnerability
in shimmering echoes of dawn



via Galleria

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Hiding your madness
After hours is folly
Play your joker
Win the game
Make crazy
Your ultimate fashion item
Free your inner femme fatale...



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The is the make
Your opponent
Not your opponent but
Your comrade
That way without
War is won
As both sides are the winner
Checkmate!



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Wednesday

CHECK MATE!

(Additional challenge
End the poem with "check mate")



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