An uncalibrated shift

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Avatars, Change, D'VersePoets Pub, Different incarnations, Growth, Journey, Life, Life Cycle, Love, Metamorphosis, OpenLinkNight, Progression, Relationships, Roles to play, Water

Image Credits: wb_skinner@DeviantArt

First a few driblets
Scattered
like a misty spray of fate
Across hopeful faces
in the midst of a drought

Then a fragile stream
Meandering
through mystic woods
Gurgling
in baby bursts of elation

Then a splendid waterfall
Cascading
with an unstoppable force
As strong as
the thirst for life

Then a determined river
Flowing…
Sometimes narrow for thought
Sometimes broad as the horizon
Its tributaries creeping quietly
Until the ultimate merge

Then a magnificent ocean
Struck by passing storms
But housing
islands of unperturbed sanctity
Yet raging
for attention at the shores

Finally a seething tide
Trying to adhere
to sands of a glassy promise
Yet ebbing
into realms of a briny embrace

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**Posted for the third week of OpenLinkNight @ dVersePoets Pub – the most interesting pace in town, for the artistically oriented! Link in your poem here, enjoy the critique & attention and simply ENJOY!! 🙂 **

Naked reality

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Abuse, Change, Dark, Effect, Endurance, Hardened, Incidents, Lifeless, Living dead, Magpie Tales, Situation, Sudden, Trauma

Image Credits: Tess Kincaid@Magpie Tales

Ms. Purity was her name
In honeyed milk she bathed
And in gold, was swathed
Much far reached her fame
Joyful was this youth…

Then came a horrid storm
And snatched her near and dear
Thus left with a mind unclear
She strayed from every norm
Then nothing was the same…

What was once soft and clean
Soon was wrought and shaped
Only to be tossed and raped
By hands too rough and mean
Amorphous was her form…

Shattered from this fall
Mildewed in nasty truth
She now stood sans all ruth
A hardened brick in the wall
At living death, she gaped…

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**Posted for Magpie Tales – Week 51… Please check it our for other amazing takes on this image prompt! **

Permanence (in)variance

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Change, Constant, Fixed, Forever changing, Friday Flash 55, G-Man, Permanent, The only things that stay constant, Unchanged, Variation

Image Credits - DeviantArt.com

Seasons change
Even friends estrange

Mysteries unravel
To places we travel

Paths make a bend
Mistakes we amend

Cells mutate
In circles, we rotate

Rise in demands
Heck, even Universe expands

A different breath
From life to death

In these winds blowing fast
Does anything retain worth?
Your parents, your past,
Your very date of birth

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** Posted for Friday Flash 55, hosted by the ultimate G-Man! 🙂 Go pay him a visit, and also check out the other amazing stories written in 55 words or less… **

Fading Fall…

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Birthing, Change, End of Fall, Fading, Fiery, Icy cold, Letter F, One Shot Wednesday, One Stop Poetry, Onset of Winter, Red to White, Seasons, Snow, Z to A challenge

Image credits: Deviantart.com

Amber red leaves drifted
Over graves unmarked
As they gently lifted
Unsung spirits parked

Tranquil zephyr blowing
Softly hummed a tune
Showered kisses glowing
Up towards the moon

Days and nights went flying
With sweet scented hues
There is no denying
Autumn’s wild-eyed muse

Now the shades are leaving
Towards some new place
Whilst the Gods are weaving
Blankets of white lace

Midst of milky patches
Naked trees stand tall
As a note despatches
To Winter, from Fall

Ghosts rising from slumber
Greet a snowy day
Starry flakes of wonder
Drizzle down the way

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*~*Posted for the 21st week of One Shot Wednesday, hosted by Pete. Please do check it out! It’s consistently amazing!!*~*

*** Also posted for Leo’s Z to A Challenge – letter F (for Fall and for Fading)… Again, a MUST VISIT !!***