what is left out
For Sasha Desideri's "Ministry of Silly Pictures" — Unofficial Poetry Challenge
for your birthday
they made a heart
by leaving
everything out
sprinkles, candles
a celebration
built around absence
flames flickering
voices singing
someone will tell you
to ‘make a wish’
no one will ask
why the heart
has nothing in it
the cake will be sliced
what was missing
will be chewed
swallowed
I selected Michael Owczarek's poem Belated because he was a writer that Vocal is loving and I liked the picture because I would make something like it, though it’s not really silly.
The description that I typed in was: heart shaped birthday wish
https://vocal.media/poets/belated
I chose the picture from Belated for Sasha's challenge, which I only learned about from another writer Julie Lacksonen who used a picture from one of my poems, Don't Speak to inspire her poem https://vocal.media/poets/blowing-raspberries
Here is the link to the challenge that started it all: https://vocal.media/writers/ministry-of-silly-pictures-unofficial-poetry-challenge
About the Creator
Tina D. Lopez
I’m just a human trying to make it in this world. I write about heartbreak, loneliness, longing, anger, family—all the things I can’t seem to leave alone. Everything I write is about me, even when it’s about someone else.
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