Photo: Philip Coons
Doors in corridors close
Even as others open
For the path no one sees
Goes around
Half again
In the climbing.
For dVerse School Days Challenge: Alphabet sestet
Staired Succession
Future
Path Advice
Photo: Ofir Asif
In the deserts of life
When it seems that oases you’ve taken for granted
Have forgotten
Marked paths,
Don’t ignore painted signs
Of the flags of times past.
The direction you take may determine
If your very next steps
Lead to hope
Or end up being
Your last.
For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge
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A Global Warning
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
They said it would get warm, but they didn’t say how quickly or how relentlessly. He thought it would take decades.
He was wrong.
Trees still foliaged but most other plants withered. Same for people.
It killed the young, old, weak, and callous. The talking heads had babbled about it before TV stopped. They couldn’t justify cooling the studios when the grid struggled to air-condition hospitals. Not that the latter did much good.
He sighed and retreated from the window. Ignored his daughter’s empty bed. They were warned. By the time they deigned to listen, it was already too late.
For the Friday Fictioneers Challenge
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Benevolent Hope
Photo Credit: Yael Yehuda
In a world
Where tyrants gobble power
By cruel dominance,
There whispers also
The small voice
Of kind-souled cognizance.
With hands that hold the weak
And hearts that see
The sorrow,
They will become the light by which
We’ll write a new tomorrow.
Merriam-Webster’s word for July 10, 2018:
Benevolent
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Walk The Future
Photo: Chagit Moriah-Gibor
Hold my hand
And we’ll go
Up the hill
As we sow
Seeds of light
For the thrill
Of just watching
You grow.
For The Sunday Stills Challenge: Future
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Make Reservation
Photo: Inbar Asif
Make any reservation
Resonate
With trust
So that holding
Onto
What can be
And what will
Come
Secures no doubts
Yet removes
No options
From the table
Save those
That have
Been found
Indigestible
To your
Heart
And mind.
For The Daily Post
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Recreate 101
Photo: Amitai Asif
Recreate not what shouldn’t have happened
Yet had
But what should have taken place
And hadn’t
Or not quite as planned,
The seeds of which
Hold promise
To what may truly be
Worth recreating
When time
Once more
Comes around.
For The Daily Post
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The Words
Photo: Inbar Asif
Recite the words you want to hear
Those your heart dreams to
Follow
Recite the words your soul still seeks
The ones that soothe
A sorrow
Recite the words you know are true
They will bring forth
Tomorrow.
For The Daily Post
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Radiance
She lights up every room with her smile.
He effervescents joy in a dimple.
She casts love spells all around her.
He melts everyone to a puddle.
She makes your heart sing.
He ropes your soul in.
Their laughter makes right
Glow full bright
From a fizzle.
Their giggles shine rainbows
On sorrow
And drizzle.
They heal hope.
Luminesce peace.
They remind why it matters
We take care
To Insist.
(All photos from Pinterest)
For The Daily Post
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Beyond Farce
Photo: Darwin Bell on Flickr
When farce becomes routine
And drama so outruns minutiae
That reason threatens
To abscond,
One cannot help but
Wonder
What’s beyond.
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