General Poetry posted November 16, 2017


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Walking hand in hand towards the end.

The Lines

by Heather Knight

It's the lines ...
The lines,
They cut my wings,
The lines.

It's the image in the mirror,
It's the wondering
And the fear.
Will we still be together
When our bones are brittle glass?
Will you still hold my hand?

It's the sadness in the eyes,
And the heaviness on the shoulders.
It's not understanding...
And the lines.

It's the calm on my green sea,
It's a wise word on my lips.
It's knowing that you love me
And the lines.

It's becoming weary,
Becoming smaller,
Invisible
Behind the lines...

And the lines,
They break my back
They slow me down,
But there's something
They can't touch.
For my soul,
My soul is still young.

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YAY! I'm Getting Old writing prompt entry
Writing Prompt
This is a poetry contest, no prose. The style is FREE VERSE, no structured poetry of any kind. If it has a name ie, sonnet, haiku, quatrains, blank verse, nonet etc. it is NOT free verse.

The topic is aging. Feel free to use your imagination and ingenuity to approach the topic any way you wish. BUT, it must clearly be about AGING.

Your presentation is entirely up to you. You may use all your skills to make your piece exciting to look at and experience as well as to read.

NOTE: If you have to EXPLAIN your piece in author's notes, it ain't much of a piece. :))
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