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Book of poems written for the second and third years of the Promptly Poetry Challenge.

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The Narrow Way
A man stands in a sliver of light, a wall behind him.


The Narrow Way

Caught in the crevasse of life,
the crack ever narrowing,
thin sliver of light illuminating,
between the vaults of darkness.

The past a wall behind us,
return is barred forever,
the sun merely rebounding
off memory’s flat surface.

Forward now the last remaining choice,
onward as the fissure shrinks,
slabs of silence either side,
until slammed shut in closure.


Line count: 12
Free verse
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 12 2022
Prompt: As per illustration.
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