Challenge
Alone
"Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym." (Stephen King) Prose or poetry.
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my deepest happiness
and ice pangs of dread
come when I solitary
cuts both ways sharp
deft skilled incising
my split slit spirit
comfort found best
in my own company
yet
that very enjoyment
for too many decades
having pushed away
strong arms needed
to pull haul wrench
me from my own pit