Prompt for: Jan 18, 2016 (Ren) Subject or Theme: Desperation Word(s) to Include: endless, innocuous, precarious (or any derivatives of these words) Forbidden Word(s): afraid, despair, worried (or any derivatives, compound or hyphenations of these words) Additional Parameters: At least 24 lines of rhyming poetry. Any rhyme pattern you want. Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or the brief description. Finality Endless spirals as walls close in, tighter, blacker, worse than sin. Unending heartache, unyielding pain, mental clawings, metallic din. Sinking, weeping: a soul is sold. In precarious anguish lies forbidding cold. Unforgiving, undone living, it matters not that lies were told. A tug of war with fragile rope, swallowed pills give faulty hope. Unheard questions, untold truths blind ability to cope. Innocuous words meant to heal often do not depth reveal. Unanswered pleas, undo us all, and thus we're left to coffin seal. Deafened to exterior sound, focused inward; answer found. An end to pain seems final gain, when there's silence all around. |