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This book contains prose writings and poetry for various contests here on WDC.
#992422 added September 5, 2020 at 6:21am
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Hope Brings Gladness
Anxiety seeps like a skulking cat;
slinking along, hiding in the dark shadows
pulling a cloak of depression with it.
It fills the heart with a blackness;
like ink, impermeable
suffocating the sufferer
as they struggle to survive.
But light can fight the darkness;
like a gift, hope comes.
Its gentle words prodding, but not poking;
guiding with its initial flickering,
sending sensations of gladness
into a parched soul
that longs to find its way
back into the light
where life can breath again.






Word count = 84
Line count = 16
Verse used = free verse.

Prompt: "SEPTEMBER PROMPT" for the "The Lighthouse Poetry Contest
"PROVERBS 12:25"
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression.
But a good word makes it glad.

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