PROMPT #03 – COLORS (with a twist)

This week’s prompt is "colors," but we’re changing things up for this prompt. The color is your choice. It can be about a black heart, a blue moon, or yellow Shasta daisies. Incorporate the color into your title, and write a poem based on that theme.


THE RED ROSE

Mr. Lincoln’s rose.
A vivid, red reminder.
Blood shed for freedom.

PROMPT #02 - BRIDGE

BROKEN BRIDGE

Our bridge is broken.
Plank by plank, we built it,
and plank by plank, we brought it down.
Once, we could reach across
with outstretched hands
touching heart, mind and soul.
Now, we stay on our own side,
keeping our thoughts and needs
to ourselves,
without risk of tumbling
into the blackened hole of indifference.

PROMPT #01 - AFRAID

AFRAID OF BEING ALONE

The feeling of loneliness
grips me with terror,
and tears I cannot control
ceaselessly fall from my eyes.

I cry for what I think is lost
but, in reality,
is merely misplaced.

My stomach in knots,
I try to bring reason to this
unfounded fear.
But rational thinking eludes me.

Darkness envelops my spirit.
Panic sets in as another empty day
threatens any sense of contentment.
And tears, never fully contained,
continue their merciless journey.