more young souls, lost
shedding the burden of flesh
barely worn from living
victims of insanity
and obstinate hoarders
of self-serving entitlement
~kat 😢
For Jane Dougherty’s Daily Poem 42 Day 19. Today midst the joy of royal weddings and happy blogger gatherings, let us also remember that there are families mourning, their story dusted aside as yesterday’s news. And the insanity of my country rages on. 😊
i can tell
how luminous you are
in deep shades of green…
you must love the rain
luxuriating in cool wetness
while I contend with frizzy locks
~kat
42 Day 18 for Jane Dougherty’s Daily Poem Challenge. Day 1 of this week’s rain was refreshing, along with a great relief due to the cold front that it pushed through. But today…three, or is it four? it’s a blur…days in, enough already. Everything is damp…my clothes, my hair, the air. What I wouldn’t give for a zero humidity sunny day. A girl can dream…
PHOTO PROMPT submitted by Courtney Wright. Photographer prefers to remain anonymous.
It would be winter soon. He’d managed to find enough pennies to buy duct tape to repair his boots. But duct tape would do little to mend the gaping holes in the toes of his socks. He’d make do. He always did.
She was on her way to the Good Will with her late father’s clothing, when the sight of him changed her plans. It was like Christmas in October as he donned his new jacket and sturdy boots, prancing around like a king. Suddenly, the sun beamed, bursting through the clouds.
“Thought you might be pleased, Dad,” she smiled.
~kat
100 words for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction Challenge inspired by the photo above submitted by Courtney Wright. (Photographer prefers to remain anonymous.)
For The Daily Post’s Wednesday Photo Challenge: “Liquid”. A zoomed-in view taken with an iPhone 6s in Square View Mode. Sharpened in the PicsArt App.
From this subject not in zoom:
why the longing
never satisfied
ever striving
breathe…
everything you need
is here and now
~kat
like mercury colliding... 