Marcescent Heart

Breakup Nonet Challenge Entry

By Paul StewartPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read

Like flowers that bloom for a season

brightening the world around us

so too, was your love, our love

it withered in the fall

left my once light life

my open heart

marcescent

while it

beats

Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: I'm enjoying this challenge. As the next few weeks will prove, lol.

Here be some other things:

Inspiration -

Introspection -

Incomprehension -

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