August 27, 2018

"Write a poem or journal entry inspired by what you can't see"

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Darkness is never only the absence of light,

For that might let you see the sparkling stars;

It is when you close your eyes to another's plight,

And refuse to see their invisible scars.

When something wrong happens before you

And you walk away, as though afraid;

You allow a mistake into a crime to grow,

And the road to Hell is surely laid.

Darkness is never only the absence of light,

For the night could be lit by the silver moon;

Yet comparison is a dark terrible blight,

Which traps you in perfection's cocoon.

Ignorance and apathy too are darkness,

As are the deep secret feelings you hold;

Unseen, masked as kind goodness,

Greed and envy, in their embrace do enfold.

Darkness is never only the absence of light,

For the night is dispersed by the rising dawn;

Yet when arrogance and ego rule, nothing's right,

When the game spins; you turn into a mere pawn.

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Word count 138

And I get one more prompt to write a poem....