No Fairy Tale
Your prompt for #JusJoJan the 14th and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “once upon a time.” Start your post with … Continue reading No Fairy Tale
Tag: Sadness
Continue Through the Practice
Depauperate writing skill Collection of rejections Practice and perseverance Improve the development Never to remain In exactly this same spot … Continue reading Continue Through the Practice
Hopeless
Like the fractious rebels of the riot The fibres of my being hold protest For I can no longer live … Continue reading Hopeless
Take Care of Our Old
A fight against the curmudgeon That is rising from within Tolerance diminished by age Or is it a lack of … Continue reading Take Care of Our Old
A Rotten Mind
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “back of the fridge.” Write the first thing that comes to … Continue reading A Rotten Mind
I Can’t Lie To You
I cannot tell you that I stand in a field of daisies When in truth I’m stung by nettles and … Continue reading I Can’t Lie To You
Hiding the Crumble
When the last glow of the sun falls from a face Replaced by a well-practiced deadpan of darkness Every-day tasks … Continue reading Hiding the Crumble
Fresh Coffee?
Fine cracks appear in my porcelain demeanour Still attempting to hold the perfect pieces together Expanding the hotter the contents … Continue reading Fresh Coffee?
Somewhere to Confide
Not national secrets Just regional In the area of my heart The aching kind And no one to tell No … Continue reading Somewhere to Confide
Silence the Dark Voice
Drowned out by the sheer volume The little whisper goes unheard To fight the negative darkness The barrage of ill … Continue reading Silence the Dark Voice
Debbie Gravett 