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CS Oakes Jan 2015
Dust I am

star home from the sky
now burned I lay, ash.

Dust I am

carved in stone
slain in soil.

Dust I am

and dream to ride
astride the breeze.
Leftover bits and pieces I got from the element challenge.
CS Oakes Jan 2015
Deep undersea
anchor in stone
dreaming, gasping
breath, sky, stars.
It's not as easy as I thought it would be to limit myself to 10 words. It challenges my habit of getting wordy. It was a good lesson.
CS Oakes Jan 2015
When the day has dawned,
I will see you.
When the battle is over,
when peace has come,
when we have won,
on the other end of time,
I will be there,
on that other side of the world,
a better place,
and there
I will see you.
Until then,
I still believe in you.
Until then,
I will see you
in my dreams.
CS Oakes Dec 2014
Yes yes yes yes yes;
no no no no no no no:
PLEASE JUST TAKE ME NOW!
Light in nature, yet I stil feel there's a lot of meaning in this.
  Dec 2014 CS Oakes
Ember Evanescent
"DEAR BLANK CHALLENGE" PLEASE PLEASE READ THIS AND REPOST TRY TO KEEP IT GOING:  HELLOPOETRY "DEAR BLANK" CHALLENGE SECRET SANTA POEMS EXCEPT NOT SECRET AND NOT SANTA RANDOM ACT/POEM OF KINDNESS STRANGER POETRY APPRECIATION

I thought it might be nice to do like a secret santa thingy on hellopoetry only not secret and not santa… what I mean is, find a random stranger you literally have never met and do NOT know at all whose poetry you like and spend actual time genuinely reading their work, picking out your favorite lines and responding to them, pondering them, etc. Write something positive to them and post it as a poem with their name in the title. The “DEAR BLANK” challenge only you put their name instead of “blank”. I think we could all use a little recognition that we exist and are worth something since everyone seems a little depressed on here (including myself) which is fine, it’s a great outlet but it would be nice for people to just spontaneously find that a random stranger spent time in their life just to recognize you and care about your poetry. To write a kind poem/letter to them responding to lines in their poetry. If you need an example I just posted DEAR IMALRIGHT which was exactly what I meant. Check out imalright's poetry btw it is amazing.
I plan on doing for more than one person and I'd love for you to do the same. Spread a little kindness, we could all use a little.
Also message me if you are going to do the challenge and message the stranger you do the DEAR BLANK challenge for so they know to look for and read your poem.
I just thought that Imalright who was a perfect stranger to me seemed like a wonderful poet and a wonderful person based on her poetry so I chose her.
You do that too if you accept the DEAR BLANK challenge.
INCLUDE DEARBLANKCHALLENGE AS A HASHTAG IF YOU DO THE CHALLENGE SO EVERYONE CAN FIND THEM
please repost this over and over so we can get as many people involved as possible and try and make a difference in a couple people's lives because I just want to make everyone feel loved but I'm just one girl, I can't do it alone. Please help me with this and join me in the DEAR BLANK challenge. Take time out of your day to properly appreciate someone's poetry who you do not know.

PLEASE REPOST LET'S GET EVERYONE INVOLVED!!! ;D
THANKS!

-EMBER EVANESCENT
DEAR BLANK CHALLENGE
CS Oakes Dec 2014
I'm whispering
for you to hear
believing you still
believe in me.
I see your life
I hear your thoughts
or what I thought
they used to be.
Sitting, dreaming,
tired, just counting
all the falling
leaves of a tree.
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