Neatly ploughed fields
Sowed with seeds of joy
Each planted gently
In a straight-metered line
Placed with cost and
Contemplation
Tended day and night
Witnessed in horror as they
Continuously wither and die
In the heat of blazes past
Flaring up only to be fought
With repetitive grit
Sweat drips, salting my plot
In spite of my wish
🌹🌹🌹🥀🥀🥀
Precious roots crushed
Underfoot, frantically
I dig out the remains
Exposing fragile nubile
Sprouting shoots
A fountain of tears
Spills over them
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Watching each possible future
Every sweep of my lashes
Unleashes
An unseen onslaught
A gust that massacres my
Dwindling crop of hope
Losing more than I thought
Could be hunted and stalked
By even a thundering herd of
Bloodthirsty carp
𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝
What have I
Managed to stand
Strong and defend?
What precious seedlings
Have been spared this
Violent end?
A single broken stump
Weathered the storm
Stem gnarled and worn
A single red leaf attached
At the wounded
Fraying end, seeping, and torn
Saline torrent
Happily absorbed
𓇢𓆸
My singular goal
Only purpose in life
To watch my one-and-only
Offspring this child
Born through fire and strife
Come fully into being
A solitary blossom
˗ˏˋ ꒰ 🌹 ꒱ ˎˊ˗
Seeds of joy I will bountifully reap
Pips multitudinous
When my mission is complete
Another field of attempts
To find my future bliss
K.B. Silver
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K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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Harmonian Isle
The ancient tower known to the people of Xeocun as Harmonian Island is identical to others found all across Fractallus. The towers form a matrix of sorts, invisible waves of cyber connectivity meet and form a web of connections that envelop the planet in a remotely accessible field of electronic information and power for those with the equipment to access it.
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This is flawless. Hope against an onslaught of adversity. And sense of dedicated, solemn purpose