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saharin3
saharin3

The Real World

She soared across the crystal-blue sky, gently flapping her golden glossy wings. Wind brushed the stray wisps of hair off of Cherie's face as she delecately dodged fluffy white clouds.

8 0 138 words
jezzer
jezzer

Secrets garden

There is a wall in my life as long as the days iv lived. So hi I can't clime or look over it. It stops me seeing the things I need what I want what's best for me.

2 0 279 words
TaintedTulip
TaintedTulip

Rowing Through Life

Extreme thanks to @Burrfoot for the topic idea!!.

8 4 208 words
leelee101
leelee101

box

#household. I opened up Pandora's box. Easily, it had no locks. Bent my head to look inside. Made my eyeballs open wide. Nothing but a photograph. Surely someone's had a laugh.

60 25 105 words
naaviie
naaviie

Whittled

#household. A man, of sorts, sits up high,. Looking down at all the passers-by,. A lump of wood in his hand,. He whittles away, like it's planned,. Meticulous invention of shape,.

38 13 159 words
Abyss
Abyss

For Eternity

The gentle brush of soft grass The sky, clearer than glass. Lovely flowers sway In the warmth of midday. Cool water flows Right over our toes.

34 3 97 words
naaviie
naaviie

If I'm gunna go...

If I'm gunna go, I want it to be in fireworks, That sparkle, crackle and glow, Every colour should be present, A display worth millions, Power at one hundred percent.

42 9 151 words
MonteCarlo
MonteCarlo

The Magic Box

I will put in my box, The roar of a lion as loud as thunder, A lamb feeding from the meadows, The annoyance of my irritating brother.

8 7 127 words
jojo72
jojo72

4. Dark

#100days Embrace the night Welcome the dark Lit only by a single spark. Walk tall in darkness Feel no fear While that single spark is near.

14 8 106 words
naaviie
naaviie

Saving a Moth

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40 5 104 words
IndiaSparrow
IndiaSparrow

Love Your Imperfections

Walking down a hallway For which there is no wall Yet I am guided straight and true Kept back so I don't fall Shattered mirrors line this place Fragments toying with my sight Through the cracks and...

40 8 259 words
curiouscraig
curiouscraig

Canvas

I woke up this morning to quite a surprise, At first I thought I'd broken my eyes. My life's canvas is blank, completely wiped clean, I've simply no clue what this might mean.

34 18 198 words
IndiaSparrow
IndiaSparrow

Mind Of A Writer

I feel the stirring in my mind Something just out of reach A fruit of my imagination A glorious technicolour peach I looked at it bobbing away On my turbulent swirling sea Where my dreams are often...

46 6 332 words
skinnylove
skinnylove

Requim On Water

Slow, we paddle through the lake. Straight to the very center of the darkest water. Where we can embrace the shadows on the surface, the eyes that look up lifeless, from our twins below.

4 0 125 words
aleishagayle20
aleishagayle20

My Tower

I've now built my tower. It's tall covered in flowers. With thorns all around. Full of delightful sounds. Even if I'm in it alone. I'm not left on my own. In my tower are a few. Dreams that came true.

32 19 174 words
Kirsty_Bee
Kirsty_Bee

The Lost Soul

*just an idea that formed into a story. Please met me know if its any good or not.

18 9 534 words
LikeAFirefly
LikeAFirefly

Lonely Poet

There was a lonely poet Who had nothing but his words And who didn't have the freedom To fly amongst the birds. Since his wings were broken He was forced to live on the ground.

82 23 146 words
naaviie
naaviie

A Map to Craziville

[For @smellyfingers] So I was just pottering along my path, When suddenly I came across a man in a bath, He said to me, "The words are a tree, And that humming is not a bee, But the flowers...

36 19 223 words
poppyinthesun
poppyinthesun

Letting Go

Letting go…So much harder than it sounds. First a vision of a God on a throne, next a marriage. Crumbling identity Lost, alone on the edge of the abyss And then what is this.

2 1 378 words
Delilah
Delilah

Dandelion

Oh, to be a dandelion puff With the wind under my sails, To see my way around the world Even if my world's only a woodland vale.

22 8 105 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

The Wax Man

Believe in the need to succeed Overpowering wills freed Releasing shackles of blame Removing endless tears in shame Are you not of sound mind. Playing games too unkind. Why do you not smile.

56 20 308 words
DuRoLuRo
DuRoLuRo

Dusty Old Crown

Old one, I never finished, but now you're getting it. ;) I feel it coming on the wind, It feels, just like they said it.

20 8 130 words
PhoenixDtfs
PhoenixDtfs

Distant Galleries

If there is any proof that magic dose indeed exist, then we only need to look inside of your own hearts, as that is where it lies through love.

0 0 248 words
leelee101
leelee101

Road

Empty road. In front of me. No-one else. That I can see. Stretching out. Mile after mile. Put my foot down. For a while. At this moment. Feeling free. Considering. Day's destiny. Maybe slow.

38 7 55 words
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