Debris swirled in the breeze caused by the opening door
Uncovering a notebook long forgotten, if the amount of dirt inside the chamber.
She bent down to grab it, to unlock its secrets
The moment she touched it she turned to…
Dust (an acrostic poem)
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Secrets (an acrostic poem)
She wanted to bare her essence, her soul
Embracing her truth before setting it free into the world
Cauterizing the cuts those words caused by her clutching them so desperately tight
Releasing them would allow so much healing to enter
Except she just couldn’t do it. She screamed as she hugged them tighter
The idea of giving up her truth and being naked, of needing to find a new truth
She would be an open window, an empty container, a person without value, a woman without …
Lens (an acrostic poem)
Looking deeply into his wide-open eyes
Exposing everything to her well-schooled probing stare
Noting hidden secrets and flaws
Such was the life of an ophthalmologist
Secrets (an acrostic poem)
Simple things were not always possible
Even when Thomas was the perfect one
Christine finished laying the bricks of the new outdoor fireplace
Rather than something small, she had decided to go massive
Everything had a place, including a water feature and cedar lined benches
Thomas would have loved it, but he had broken up with her yesterday
She hoped the cedar would hide the smell when he started to decay
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