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 Sep 2016 AfterImage
Hannah
Sin
 Sep 2016 AfterImage
Hannah
Sin
I shed tears of moonlight
for every sin
I have yet to commit.
All I had ever seen was pitch darkness.
There was no light,
no conture.
Nothing.
Just blackness.
I had no hopes,
no dreams,
no aspirations.
I was just ... there.
But a light dwelled within my very soul,
it grew each day.
Shining brighter than the last.
Until it became powerful enough that it needed to escape the darkness.
And so I let it leave.
I lifted my finger and began to trace,
shapes and images first.
The light would seep through my finger,
creating the image before vanishing.
I continued,
it filled my days with more than bleak nothingness,
and soon I fell in love with this.
I drew anything and everything,
I write poems, and stories that lasted for mere seconds.
I began to want more than the darkness and wished to escape.
It's shadows heard my soul's plea.
Working to drown me from my desire,
It only grew and manifested more and more.
Sick of my prison,
I tore through the darkness,
seeking the light.
There I found a world in which my creations could last an eternity.
prompt: magical black box
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Hannah
Prayer
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Hannah
There must be more than this.
More than what lies
beyond the deep,
blue sky.
Where stars condense,
and collide.
Where glalaxies spin,
and multiply.
Where life blooms,
but never dies.
There must be more
than what lies
at the end
of an ordinary life.
Standing on a rusted
sidewalk plate, contemplating.
Let me bleed
like a slaughtered sunflower.

Let me walk away
from this wilted bar stool.
Death waits for the weary,
Knock kneed.
I trample through rotten hops.

Scotch on the rocks,
aged like the
half-lit bar sign
with three Xs
and a poisoned skull.

Chasing fear, exhausted.
Legless horsepower, monstrous.
Grinding my fingers on Grainbelts
before the crack of fall.
Stained oak pillars,
star mangled manors

Let me bleed.
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Rob Rutledge
The wise are always troubled
And the troubled seldom sleep.
For the path is dark,
The shadow's deep.
The past imparts pressure,
Weary woe-marked feet.

The pillow lays drenched.
Sweat beads billow flames of fear.
The sound of all our choices
Rung clear for all to hear.
The cries of countless voices
Found close to passing ears
But ghosts weep most in whispers,
Lest the living hear their tears.
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xmxrgxncy
In the silence, there is a sound.
Nay, it cannot be heard
by the naked ear
but rather by
the naked eye.

In the darkness, there is a light.
Nay, it cannot be seen
by your barren eye
but rather by
the passers by.

Watch your love, and watch your life
For in itself, beauty's strife
will take a hold
on your lowly, downed life.

Unfiltered lenses cover eyes
create a day where no one spies
on hearts of truth and hearts of lies
no one hurts and no one dies.

Beauty is in the unseen, unheard.
And one day, one day
more lessons shall be learned.
Bad pentameter. But I'm not in the mood for editing.
#hh
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Deniece Long
It was just like an unexpected ray of light,
You came to me one dark and cloudy night.
As I sat all alone downloading tunes,
Deleting instant messages like popping balloons....
But there was one that caught my eye,
So I clicked on the profile and I can't deny
My heart skipped a beat at the sight of your face,
From that moment on in my heart you would have a place.

I eagerly read and messaged my reply.
You were like an angel sent straight from the sky.
Your words were so kind right from the start.
I knew right away to say goodbye to my heart!
Love at first sight i never believed,
But from the first moment, my heart you received.
All the anguish and pain that I was living in
seemed so far away and I began to smile again.

As hours turned to days and days to weeks,
Each day your loving words took my heartbeats.
You entered my life and tore down the walls
That I so meticulously built to protect me from falls.
My heart many times broken, I was battered and beat....
But it seemed that true love had been laid at my feet.

Could I ever trust and totally let go?
Because heartache and sorrow are all that I know.
Your kindness and patience have shown me the way,
And I realize I need you every single day.
I am giving you my heart, unlocking the door....
I pray happiness lasts and sorrow is no more.
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