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Geof Spavins Aug 16
I saw red today:
a traffic light
blinking its warning,
halting my haste
at the corner of maybe,
where engines hummed
like held breath
and
the world paused
mid-sentence.

I saw red today:
not in petals
or paint,
but in the flare
behind my ribs,
anger rising
like
a flare-up storm,
words unsaid
clanging
against my teeth.

I saw red today:
a flare,
a flag,
a fracture.
Something cracked
beneath the surface:
a truth
too long ignored,
a pulse
that beat
out of rhythm.

Red was not just a colour:
it was
a call,
a reckoning,
a mirror
held to motion,
emotion,
and the moment I knew
something had to change.
Micah C Aug 16
I'm a freckle kid
In tune with it
Sonic streaks
And yellow teeth

No
I'm my own reality
Stripey blanket
Underneath
Escape rooms with clues, with keys, hidden doors,
Boyfriends with Tinder accounts I’m forced to explore.
I turn to detective, survival my prize,
But each door I open—another disguise.
I’m solving, I’m finding, I’m moving ahead,
But these men keep appearing, like ghosts I once fled.
I never asked in, never chose to survive,
But each one demands more just to feel alive.
“Leave me alone,” I shout, as I push through a door,
But the echoes call back—“you’ll never escape, you *****.”
The next room awaits, floral, honey and sweet,
And at its dark center—another puzzle to beat.
MoonWolf Aug 16
The Sea’s Embrace

By moonlit waves and whispered wind,
I claim my heart, my soul unpinned.
Through salt and spray, through tide’s embrace,
I swim, I glide, I find my space.

Seals watch quietly, rocks keep the lore,
Of a soul untamed forevermore.
No chain, no shadow, no bitter grief,
Can touch my spirit, my quiet belief.

I am alive. I am free.
Mermaid beneath the endless sea.
I take the water, the wind, the sky,
And let my fierce, wild heart fly.
I am a person
No more no less
I am alive
I have feelings
I have needs
I am no different than another
I need love
I need care, a home and sustenance
I want to walk free
To be able to live my life without pain or hurt
At times I am alone
Other times I am not
I am no different than another
I am human
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