Sunday, April 7, 2024

NAPOWRIMO April 7, 2024

 

Burnt Offerings

incendiary words build flames

that never die down

remaining in sleeping embers

waiting only for wind and warmth

the slightest spark falling from lips

creates a conflagration

that scorches all

 

©2024 Noreen Braman

 

 

Birthdays Bashed

 

The signatory yearly event

remembrance of first breaths of life

adding up the time

congratulating achievements

and regretting missteps

especially as life lengthens the past

and reduces time for the future

so many candles reduced to ash.

©2024 Noreen Braman

 


 

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