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Important Places

April 17, 2020April 16, 2020 Mitchel David Ring4 Comments

Imprints of the last to leave framed in the window overlooking nightfall. Broken arches under crumbling towers and the return of saplings taken root in memory...

Posted in PoemsTagged hidden, horror, important, poetry, trapped, writing

Little Barred Window

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 Mitchel David Ring4 Comments

They sewed my mouth shut and left me here With nothing but a view of distant mountains Out of my little barred window And I’m screaming but the thread won’t break...

Posted in PoemsTagged art, mountain, poetry, trapped, window, writing

A Place Where None Worship

September 6, 2019September 4, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

Fragments of a life built from nothing Gathered in a pile at the doorstep Brick by brick the walls are put up around them Happy to sit at the center and stare at the pieces...

Posted in PoemsTagged behind the wall, empty, fragments, poetry, trapped, worship

In the Dunes

August 23, 2019August 21, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

Spine bent forward by a hand that says ‘walk upright’ Eyes locked on the ground, begging to see the horizon Rolling with the tide, way out there; If the walls of the pit weren’t so steep We could climb above this suffocation and breathe.

Posted in PoemsTagged bury, film, poetry, sand, suffocate, trapped

Caged and Still

April 21, 2019April 21, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

I sit and stare at metal bars Silent and still, my heart aches

Posted in PoemsTagged cage, escape, freedom, key, poetry, silence, trapped
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