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Another redraft of this poem. I just workshopped it in class and have been given advice for it, so expect another redraft soon. The parent/s of Hansel and Gretel The first time it happened they were too shocked to react. It must be grief, Gretel thought, and decided it would pass. Hansel hid the dress,Continue reading “Poem 21:26”

21:25 The chime of the dead that lingers in the raindrops. Trapped souls, echoing old emotions that soak into the earth, flow into the sea and wash the bodies of the living.

21: 24 I am born as you sleep, your dream the other half of me, existing only for the length of your stay. Some of us resent you, and will fill the time with nightmares, scaring you, scarring you into remembering us forever. Others wish for your happiness, giving you peaceful memories that leave aContinue reading “Poem 21:24”

21: 23 Aging out of love. Body no longer easy, the circled shadow doesn’t thin, a reflection of darkness that expands and consumes. Spend a week of running scales, no difference. Accept a new reality of darkened vision, only then will love remain.  

21:22 One-trip wire of defence remains, finger curled around its sharp line, cutting deeper as you wait, wait for the one who tries to rescue you. Look deep into their eyes as you tug the line and explode.

21:21 Mask the death from the world with nature’s tears. Wash away ashes in the river of blood, too thick to see those drowning, reaching for your hand.

21: 19 Smashed spiders on the page, a language even the creator finds hard to translate.

21: 18 Judging small faces as small minds. Speak words with no filter. They don’t understand, they won’t feel the tone. They won’t hurt with feelings.

21:17 Independent mumuration, no hive mind to control us. We are individual, heading in the same direction. Will you join us?