Tag: life
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Mutant
Treetops reach up out of scattered poisons on the forest floor Refuse and rejects left behind from a picnic in foreign sunlight Lying unclaimed on earth that cannot bear its weight
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Darkening Day
When the shadow passed overhead, I despairedAlthough it wasn’t as painful as I’d hopedThere was no fanfare to announce its arrivalOnly a slow crawl toward emptiness as the fog grew thickNo warning sounded as the shades darkenedPassion fading to grey ink stains on a tattered membraneCracked shells of hatched memory scattered behind the curtainThis path…
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ROE
How many times must I bleed across a pageBefore my veins run dry?Is there an end to these words I find so beautiful?‘You’re either with me or against me,’He said with absolutely no regard for human complexity.‘Follow me, or fade into oblivion.’A fate that is our birthright, should we follow him or not.Play the game,…
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The River
The walls close in, distorted, Funneling me toward a door That separates my soul from the divine. Through the keyhole lies a world Whose edges fade into the space Between truth and lies. A river of grief flows among the brambles, Scorching its way across a blackened plain. It’s arms scrape meaning From dirt that…
Mitchel David Ring 