I wake fighting waves of water
Escaping with your daughter
Sea lapping at our sides
As the compass needle glides
Beneath the dark expanse of night
No other refugees in sight
.
We seek shelter's distant shores
Nowhere we have seen before
Somewhere unknown and uncharted
Anywhere but where we started
Leaving home for isolation
Seeking tranquil destinations
.
Fear's red hue marking our dead
Ghosts of slaughter, in our beds
Someone else's flag, unfurled
Yesterday's unsettled world
Tossing hope and joy aside
How long, how long... this infernal struggle to survive?
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Copyright © 05/28/2024 by Christy Munson. All rights reserved.
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Author's Notes: Written for Randy Baker's unofficial challenge, Prompted #5. for June 2024. Requirements stipulate a minimum of 13 words across 12 lines.
prompt words (25): beneath, compass, dead, destinations, expanse, escaping, glides, home, hue, isolation, leaving, marking, night, nowhere, reckoning (title), sea, sight, tranquil, uncharted, unknown, wake, water, waves, world, yesterday
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