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by Rhyssa
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
It's that time again. Time when I lose all sense of proportion and sanity and agree to write a poem a day following prompts exactly as given by our fearless leaders (aka Ren the Klutz! and fyn . I may not survive. But I will do it anyway, mostly because I can't imagine anyone having this much agony fun without me.

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November 29, 2018 at 1:39pm
November 29, 2018 at 1:39pm
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after the cradle
and the room
she’d decorated so hopefully
in yellows and whites
were reduced to boxes,

still, at odd times
something would jog her memory
making her eyes burn
her breath catch,
her arms ache with the weight
she would never hold—

the dance of light
over some random baby
laughing at the air,

the song of lullabies drifting near
as she walked past
the toy store,

the ornament marked
‘Baby’s First Christmas’—bought
in anticipation, before—
slipping from her fingers,
landing in shards on the floor,
blurring in the flood
from her heart, released again.

line count: 24

Prompt 7 ▼


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