unreliable
in the waning golden glow
hold fast or let go
surrender expectations
free in ambiguity

Image credit; Doncoombez @ Unsplash
Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.
unreliable
in the waning golden glow
hold fast or let go
surrender expectations
free in ambiguity

Image credit; Doncoombez @ Unsplash
a ghost of a life
magic cannot bring it back
drag the broken nest
tell the news to the hot breeze
let that zephyr free your need

I love the challenge of creating a short piece that uses all (or in this case, most) of the words. I couldn’t squeeze ‘seems’ into the verse, so I cheated with the title. Thanks!
alarm bells ring out
the moon looms in the heavens
my nightmare made real
devious beauty
the golden lava cascades
foretelling the end

Oops-I’m back with some doom and gloom. Thanks to Linda and Susi for the inspiration.
waiting for my slot
a couplet comes to my mind
but the muse absconds
as the words vex and annoy
slot will not rhyme with Godot

Just a bit of fun with words today. Thanks to FOWC (SLOT) and RDP (ANNOY).
rummage in the nooks
a life built on faulty ground
a memory lost
two buried in a cranny
the mist becomes a refuge

Here I am–being melancholy again! Still thinking about time passing and aging and all that. Anyway, thanks to RDP (CRANNY) and FOWC (BUILT) for the the inspiration