YESTERDAY
Yesterday (contest Creative Poetry Prompt - Ammapoet)
Yesterday
I,
a rose,
with petals
perfumed--
a spring meadow...
Free
as blown dandelion seeds
carried away;
in deed,
speedily
dark gloom
imparted from your heart
stripped my sepals;
de-bloomed me...
Today,
in horror
I mirror a wretched thorn...
Befuddled...
Before me
circulating puddles
not to reflect
any blossom
which lovingly adorns...
52 words Young People Ask . . . Why Does He Treat Me So Badly? https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/library/r1/lp-e/all-publications/awake/awake-2004/may-22 Today I wore your words on my feet cause, I like how tall they made me feel. -Della Hicks-Wilson Honey, do not let your beautiful mind become a battlefield. Just because someone has shown you their weapons does not mean you have to accept the war. Those who try to break you are expecting you to be in fight mode. Conquer them with your peace... -Della Hicks-Wilson Remember you were light first, the body came way after. -Della Hicks-Wilson Hello Poets, I would like to introduce you to another beloved poet of mine, Della Hicks-Wilson. She is a black British poet and writer of Caribbean descent. Her self-published works have garnered more than a million likes and shares to date. Small Cures is her first collection, please click the link below to learn more about this deeply touching writer. The first poem here has always stuck with me, so simple, yet so deeply moving and couldn't we all use words as poets to make us 'feel tall' in times of self doubt? I encourage you to create a poem that uplifts and inspires you in a simplistic way that compliments these above. More about the author: https://www.dellahickswilson.com/about Rules: No more than 40ish words No adult No prose Photo credits: https://www.dreamstime.com/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Begliktash_puddle_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88_%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%E2%80%94_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F.jpg © 2 hours ago, Lucretia McCloud love • sad • society • teen
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