From “Bad Dream”
Some say a mother’s touch is forever
and a child knows her mother from her first
breath. Should a child be stripped of her mother,
the damage the child feels is forever,
a part of the child that will never heal.
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#8
The light turned green, but she did not move…
From “The Loyal Wife”
Often, the greatest sacrifice is made
when one has nothing else to give, and has
no recourse, but to give up everything.
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From “Dapania”
True forgiveness takes time to earn as the
mind needs to forget the freshness of the
crime. The offense needs to wither away
before the heart is allowed to remember the
time before it was wronged
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Four prompts down, 26 poems to go!
#4 She slipped on the wet floor, trying to catch him as the elevator door closed.
3 prompts down, 27 poems to go!
She came to the counter of the cash station inside the mega discount store, bills crumpled in your hand like doves she hoped to free…
From “Motherless Daughter”
To be one of many is better than
to be alone among many. Shelter
from the wind makes flowers less vulnerable,
more likely to survive the storm and thrive.
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Day 2, prompt 2. 2 prompts down, 28 poems to go!
Prompt: You check into the hotel and the bed is not made. In fact, it looked like the previous guest left in a hurry, with a note addressed to the new guess on the pillow…
From “A Mother’s Sorrow”
Ceto kneeled before the goddess’ throne. “Dear
Goddess, I know I have dishonored you
and wish to ask for forgiveness for I
disrupted your temple with my impure
actions, my longing for my daughter who
is now your servant.
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