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More to Come

December 1, 2020November 30, 2020 Mitchel David Ring2 Comments

In dim light the others come through wearing faces sewn from silk and gold...

Posted in PoemsTagged alive, poetry, shadows, story, whisper, writing

Barricade

August 29, 2020August 28, 2020 Mitchel David Ring2 Comments

Lock the cage door. Barricade it against the stars, the fortune of freedom given away...

Posted in PoemsTagged freedom, mercy, poetry, story, whisper, writing

A Whisper

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Mitchel David Ring15 Comments

I stood silent, listened, tried to figure out why you only ever whispered, and finally heard it...

Posted in PoemsTagged hope, listen, poetry, screaming, whisper, writing

Two Prisoners

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Mitchel David Ring12 Comments

He who lives in fear gives way to shadows Certain of the doom laid out for him by the stars A patchwork tapestry of fraying ends and holes torn away The words once whispered to him in the deep of night...

Posted in PoemsTagged patchwork, poetry, prison, tapestry, whisper, writing

Wavelengths

June 7, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

Where are the voices who promised response in the night?

Posted in PoemsTagged emptiness, infinite, poetry, space, voyager, whisper

The Wrong Words

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

It was her hand reaching out to me Cold fingers grasping at a final trace of hope Like breath lingering upon a still morning That broke apart the wall, brick by brick

Posted in PoemsTagged madness, poetry, wall, whisper, words

Imagine

April 25, 2019 Mitchel David Ring2 Comments

I don’t think my eyes are working quite rightThere’s something at the edge of my visionCreeping slowly into sight but vanishing when I turn to lookShadows seem suddenly less emptyEven now, I see it thereBeyond the doorway in the dark hallWatching me?My ears aren’t working right, eitherNoises that are not there, voices that do not… Continue reading Imagine →

Posted in PoemsTagged ears, eyes, imagination, let me in, poetry, whisper

More Ruins

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 Mitchel David Ring1 Comment

Across a dim lit roomEye contact repeatedUnspoken words screamedWind in an abyssThe dark place we meet onceBeneath a wild-light moonAnd whispers of the space we shareBeyond something realBuried in ruins not yet builtA world we might have knownHad starlight fallen more kindly upon us

Posted in PoemsTagged beyond, imagine, ruined, ruins, silence, starlight, unspoken, whisper
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