The Silent Heartbeat
Shadows dance along the walls, keeping us awake.
Incandescence wraps around us, making us feel safe.
Long ago, it was just us, hoping two would become three.
Even though they said we couldn't, we begged for it to be.
Now we sit alone, not knowing what to say.
Carrying this heavy heart together, we wish to be okay.
Even though we'll never know the baby that we made.
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Autumn Stew
Words for the ones who survived the fire and stayed to name the ashes.
Where grief becomes ritual and language becomes light.
Survival is just the beginning.
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Trouble at the Tea Leafing Café
The rain had started right around the time that Annie was buttering her second thick slice of homemade toast for breakfast, and hadn’t paused since. Not that anyone could tell. The windows of the café were fogged over, and with every seat filled with happy customers munching on fresh baked pastries or steaming bowls of the delicious soup of the day, it was hardly surprising. Annie looked around the room, finally taking a moment to breathe after the lunch time rush. Her old life already felt like a bad memory, a part of her history, always, but just that. History.
By Hannah Moore6 days ago in Fiction
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Poignantly beautiful… you vividly portrayed the pain.
Learning about acrostic poetry. This was so sad and heart wrenching however so well written. Well deserved of placement.
This is so very heavy, deep and moving. You have created a truly lovely and eloquent expression of a most unspeakable pain. A well-deserved placing for this most tragic beauty <3
This is so sad. You wrote it beautifully. Congrats on placing!
This is absolutely heartbreaking yet so well-written. Congratulations on the win! 🏆
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Heartbreaking!!! Congratulations on the runner up!!!❤️❤️💕
Such a heartbreaking poem. Congratulations on placing as a runner in the challenge.