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As my sins control my afflictions
That break into unfathomable space
It sips up the universe
Lines that wash me clear
Morning breaks within the newborns smile
And life seems

brighter
 Jun 2013 Roni Shelley
Laura
I started one step down from the top,
I had weights holding down
the bottom so I wouldn't fall.
But suddenly a violent gust
knocked
me down a rung.
However most of my supports survived the whip.
I climbed back up.

But, alas, the storm was just beginning it's brew
for the gusts returned, angry, and along with came
chilled bones and slick skin. I could not
maintain my place, I was
knocked down three times as far.
With no time to recover I was shocked once more,
I clung to the sides as the wind gained strength, but
it was too much.
The wind howled, the thunder snarled and echoed,
a stampede was rolling through.
My foundation had been wiped away,
rendered useless.
A crack roared from the heavens, and just
as I looked up in reaction, a giant flash of yellow
fried my ladder and sent
my body flying,
screaming.
Unwilled, unforeseen, unforgiveable.

I am on my back
and my ladder is gone.
 Jun 2013 Roni Shelley
Caroline
To be or not to be,
that seems to be the question I see.
To exist or to sleep,
To live dangerously or be at peace,
To spend countless days trapped or spend counted days free,
To be me or to be another copy of you,
Do I live to see or see to live?

*-c.a.
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