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TheKaeLoe

Writer/poet. I'm just a poetic soul who expresses themselves through ink and paper.

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Challenge of the Week LXXXVI

Write about a blessing in disguise. A cloud with a silver lining. A time when an obstacle turned out to be a boon. Poetry or Prose, fiction or nonfiction.

TheKaeLoe

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Lost & Found

Some days when I wake up there’s a lump in my throat that I just can’t swallow

At times I feel as if my heart sounds distant, empty... hollow.

I ride pass parks and watch as families interact.

Hoping their laughter may mend my broken heart.

Hoping that the smiles will bring something back that I lost not long ago.

A pain that a parent never wishes to know.

Some days seem easy, but I never sleep that way.

Your memory and the thought of you never really seems to go away.

Let my friends tell it, I should’ve moved on a long time ago.

But they can’t possibly understand this feeling, you’re the greatest love I’ll never know.

I promise I’m not weak, it’s just hard being strong without you.

When I reconfigured my mind to make my entire world about you.

I know it sounds crazy, but I write letters to you all the time.

Wishing that you could write back, hoping I’ll read yours and you’ll read mine.

As the years go by the pain lingers in my chest.

I just can’t stomach the thought of putting any of your existence to rest.

Some nights I grit through the pain, and other nights I cry myself to sleep.

My tears mimic the rain.

I pray, and I pray, hoping that you’ll hear me.

Maybe one day we’ll meet again, and you’ll understand my love more clearly.

But because of that alone, I’ll continue to live for you as I was preparing to.

At some point I feel as if I confused this blessing as a burden and that’s not fair to you.

All I ever wanted was to give you everything that I never had and everything that I could be.

I finally see that in losing you I found the missing part of me.

Challenge

Challenge of the Week LXXXVII

Descriptive Writing. One of the four foundational elements of the written word. You can write about anything you want, poetry or Prose; but make sure to focus on your descriptions. Whether you're describing a character, a setting, or an emotion, we want the imagery to leap out of the page. But tread lightly - there is such a thing as too much description. We're looking for that perfect balance. Imagery that sings, but doesn't scream.

TheKaeLoe

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Trust

I want to show you what’s inside of me, something that’s deeper than my heart.

I want to let you in but I don’t know where to start.

I want you to understand me.

The way I think, the way I move.

Understand why I make the decisions that I do.

I want you to know my deepest fears.

Understand what brings forth my tears.

And never second guess my motives because of wounds that never healed.

Just let me show you something deeper, it’s much deeper than us.

The deepest thing I have to offer, let me show you trust.

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