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Miranda23
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Monthy Poetry Challenge for March.
Write a poem about a cleansing by fire, by any means: Beautiful, dirty, gritty, dark, fluffy... make it yours. Winner is decided by likes, and will receive a crisp $10.00 -Set it alight.
Miranda23 in Poetry & Free Verse

Fired

The only mistake I made

Was thinking I could

Control you like

I thought you controlled me

That the spark I saw

In the depths of your eyes

Was not forever

But a flame in the dark

Although upon second look

If that fire fueled your heart

It was a red flag

That we would drift apart

Made all but certain

By the fact that

My heart deserved more

Than your smoky outline

If appearances won wars

I would bet on you

And I would still lose

That spark was never for me

It was never about me

It was just you living

Never in control at all

And I wreathed in smoke

Challenge
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Honor his day by writing how you plan to live through his words. Any format 300 word max.
Miranda23 in Nonfiction

Physically We

We can't drown in flames

Or burn in rivers.

There is no darkness that the dark can keep away.

We can only fall until we can fall no more.

Only when we hit the ground can we spring up again.

We can't turn back the hands of time.

But we can see color in a whole new light.

But we can be made to feel that we all have hearts.

But we can choose an open mind and not draw lines.

Whether it be us and them,

or you and me,

or he and she and they,

If we jump as one we can shake the stars and be the change that starts.

Challenge
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome." - Booker T. Washington
Write about overcoming obstacles in your own life. Any format. 500 word MAX.
Miranda23 in Stream of Consciousness

Unrelenting Echo

The challenge I strive to overcome is the voice inside that sings a different song.

That says I am weak when try to be strong.

That counts the future as marked in stone.

That treats help as an unnecessary chaperone.

That seizes the time it takes to run as successive

That takes training a step far to obsessive

But I listen and rise above the echoes inside

Success only I define, I calm my pride

Against never ending doubts I survive

By accepting not avoiding that which makes me alive.

Challenge
Love’s Sorrow
Write your experience with heartbreak, any form and format. Let your pain bleed on the page, shout it from the rooftops or whisper it in a dark corner of the bar. Let it all out and realize you’re not alone, we’ve all been there and will always be there for one another.
Miranda23

Not Vaycay

You pulled me in

Felt like you meant it

Didn't state your intentions

Oooouuu oooouuu

Now you've left me to dry

The tears away while

Your gone on vacay

Oooouuu oooouuu

Did you really mean what you didnt say?

Was it all just play?

Was it all just Ms/Mr to nice to stay?

My anxiety waits for you

My sight searches for you

You left like it was a cue

Some ready for clue

For you was it to few

Words you wanted me to say

Is it such a bother for you

To stay

Was it such a bother for you

To say, it's not worth it

Nooo nooot

Oooouuu oooouuu

Nooo nooot

Toooo dayyyy

Did you really mean what you didn't say?

Was it all just play?

Was it all just Ms/Mr to nice to stay?

Not good enough

Not strong enough

Not the words I need

Nooo nooot

Toooo dayyyy

The words you said

From your lips lead

Me to think what I admit

Though I might have been quick

That you wanted to stay

That you were going to stay

But you left me for vaycay

Challenge
Eugenics
Lets delve into the really hairy topics shall we? Or do you prefer your topics smooth? Is it acceptable to select? Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or prose, scientific detachment or moral revulsion. All opinions welcome.
Miranda23 in Philosophy

A Hairy Decision

Toupee signals stress.

A Beard means business.

Goatees showcase villains.

Mustaches are outta fashion.

Baldness?