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Prose Challenge of the Week #32: Write a piece of micropoetry about regret. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
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A Lover’s Remorse

A choice was made

Our tongues collide

In the darkness 

Of one passionate night

You and me

One must die

Sadly, remorsefully

It wasn't I

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Lost in the chaos of life

Wasn't feeling my best these days.

Lies keep piling.

Hopes keep falling.

Stuck at crossroads after crossroads and dead ends one after another.

These things left me unhappy...unable to write.

And that made me just a tad bit sadder. Lonelier.

Funny thing is, It doesn't have a cure (yet).

The only thing I could do is go through everyday trying and preparing for disappointments.

Life is like that sometimes. It makes you feel lost before leading you to where you ought to be.

Making the entire journey a bit more meaningful and leaving you one step tougher. A step more prepared for life's bigger challenges.

So with that I remind myself;

Continue dreaming. Surely, the best is yet to come.

Challenge
Haiku is a style of poem which originated in Japan that consists of 3 lines in 5-7-5 syllable format. Challenge: write a haiku about anything. The top entries will be published along with the Japanese translation in an exclusive Prose: Haiku Edition for Kindle on Amazon.
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Brutus

The face of evil

Haunts the night and claws alight

Hidden among friends

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A CUTting Desire

You needn’t worry darling

I won’t cut myself

During depressing trying times

I won’t even attempt it

For I am not a cutter.

I won’t relish the pain of repeatedly hurting myself

Repeatedly cutting on thick layers of flesh

It won’t accomplish anything

Other than pain

Pain exists in everyday life

So why would I add more pain?

It would make no sense.

But let me tell you what I’ll do

When things get tough

And facets of life deserts me.

I’ll take a knife

Set it above my vein

And make a single deep cut.

I may have said that I am not a cutter,

What I am though is...

Suicidal.

I. Aim. For. The. Kill.

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Procrastinating Wisely

I got lost in the pages of a book

With a genre I thought I wouldn't enjoy

On a day I assumed would be piss ass boring

And now here I am

Reluctantly leaving work and the book behind

Anticipating the next day

Another day to get lost in the pages of a book.

Challenge
What is the meaning of time in 1 word?
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Time

Indispensable.

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Through sunlit eyes, I gazed at you.

A mischievous smile, I smiled at you.

For through the will of God or not.

All I could say is, I fell for you.

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There was a time when studying and working is done due to passion - not as a requirement.

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Make me cry with one sentence.
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A child’s prayer

A child aged three prayed to God to take his life and everyday since then he prayed the same - sixty years later God finally answered "Yes".

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Perhaps a moment too late

Across the room you drew my gaze

Yet there was something I could see

A touch of life, a touch of death

That hint of love, that hint of hate

That which I am addicted to

Plus madness and a thrilling chase

Yet it is not I who holds your gaze

Not I, who occupies your thoughts

No romance, Zero Love. Just Friends.

With a bitter sigh, I laughed

Held hands for a time

Knowing you would never be mine

Thinking I may have met you,

Perhaps a moment too late.