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Ghosts
There are ghosts that are still living Of childhoods lost All for the cost Of existing Thank you for reading my work. If you enjoyed this story, there’s more below. Please hit the like and subscribe button, you can follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @AtomicHistorian. To help me create more content, leave a tip or become a pledged subscriber. I also make stickers, t-shirts, etc here.
By Atomic Historian3 years ago in Poets
Echoes of Emotion
In the hollow halls of memory's maze Voices call out from long departed days Each word and phrase that lingers in this place Bursts forth again with untamed grace Like echoes down a canyon's stony walls With no regard for reason's usual laws Without my will they shout and sing and scold Those ghostly echoes from the past's dark folds They rumble forth from somewhere deep within Erupting with a fervor to be heard Reminding me of where I've been and who I was Before experience left its marks and scars No barrier or guard can block their sound These echoes shake the firmest footing found Rattling the cages I've constructed round Terrains I thought were safe and settled ground But in their reckless repetitions there resides A chance to learn – if I quiet my mind and listen Let them speak their wild truths unrestrained And meaning make of what today seems strange For in these echoes living yet inside Beats the true pulse of all I feel and hide Long buried sous, uncovered and revived May teach me how to heal wounds scarred with time So I will walk with patience through this place And give due ear to each voice that I face Mine what wisdom still remains beneath the pain Set free what's changed, and leave behind the chains.
By Mercedes Couto3 years ago in Poets
Dropping What?
Sonnet - a fourteen line poem with a variable rhyme scheme originating in Italy and brought to England by Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, earl of Surrey in the 16th century. Literally a "little song," the sonnet traditionally reflects upon a single sentiment, with a clarification or "turn" of thought in its concluding lines. There is the English sonnet, the Italian sonnet, the Petrarchan sonnet and another seven or more other versions of sonnet. Pinterest
By Denise E Lindquist3 years ago in Poets
