Grow, swollen belly
I enjoyed comfort untold
The light blinded me
Time, time that flies past
I burned with fleeting desires
All for naught, my wrongs
Work, play, lust, loss, love
Decades to end frivolous
Pursuits of fraught youth
The lessons taught, learned
Free of the weight, my soul soars
The updrafts of Life
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Mark Coughlin
Mark has been writing short stories since the early 1990s. His short story "The Antique" was published in the Con*Stellation newsletter in 1992. His short story "Seconds To Live" was broadcast in the Sundial Writing Contest in 1994.
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Comments (1)
That was some fantastic writing! I enjoyed it immensely.