Lesser

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Word by word

sigh by sigh

laugh upon laugh

I became less and you became more

More present, a little taller, a little sharper

More alive

I thought

Until the day

I laid your words and face to rest

and saw how little of you

was actually left.

 

Daily Addictions Prompt: Diminish

Determined

Photo A.M. Moscoso

Photo A.M. Moscoso

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Seattle, Washington USA

The world is a big place.

I guess I’ll keep looking for my place in it.

Too bad there isn’t an app for that, because sometimes I could really use one.

 

Daily Addictions Prompt: AMBITION

I Am Not Sage

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I am not practical

judicious

or prudent.

I am not Sage.

I bring

delirium and nightmares

veiled in shades of  purple and green.

I am Belladonna.

Will you invite me in?

Daily Addictions Prompt: Sage

Nectarous Delusions

Photo George Becker

My nightmares

are nectarous delusions

taken from me by

cold pale hands

ravaged by reality

buried in a graveyard

where no one will mourn

them

for all eternity.

 

Daily Addictions Prompt: Infinite