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[oceansofmine]

In The Beginning

"In The Beginning" - Hour 1 of The Poetry Marathon #poetry #poetrymarathon #writers

And then, the flow began: The life that was their own, The life that was her own That urged a broad wingspan; No longer words, alone No longer friends outgrown….

She found true love without a man; Won lands afar without a throne; Traversed where none had ever flown – And all of this, without a plan, Without a soul yet to condone The very life she’d only known

With only whispers of “I can…!” She…

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[temptmemercilessly]

Scorpions

Give me a reason not to erase us from me, not to complete the job you are already doing so well.

They drop bombs, here in the desert, where they harm no one but the scorpions and the snakes.

Give me a reason not to throw out all we are and were amidst our brothers and sisters to be likewise obliterated.

Because, although I find myself afraid and do not know what yet I will become, I do know this:

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