Ro

Joined March 2021

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I wanted a place to share my poetry and short stories. I only hope that someone finds themselves in the words I have written.

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I met your mother today at one of our old haunts three years from the day you burned the bridge between us. Part of me was afraid to approach, but God knows I’m glad I did.
By Ro2 years ago in Poets
The Perfect Cut of Meat
Every surface was spotless. The counters were disinfected, the contents of the cupboards were methodically stacked, and not a spice bottle out of place. Each little scrap of food was saved and composted in the small garden out back. Nothing went to waste.
By Ro3 years ago in Fiction
Rewind
Darkness. There is nothing but darkness. The blazing inferno rises slowly over jagged mountains, filtering through the thick plumes of black cloud that twist and writhe in their haste to get away from the scorching heat. The garish light hits the rocks and dead trees that creak and sway in the wind, the only sound in the barren wasteland.
By Ro3 years ago in Fiction
Beautiful Souls
Humanity is a hard thing A rough thing A garbled word that cuts our tongues and breaks our teeth. We are thrust on a path with nothing but our names
By Ro3 years ago in Poets
Sun
I wanted to write a poem about the night but, instead, I wrote about the brilliance of the sun How its golden fire burns against the azure skies
By Ro3 years ago in Poets
Dear Mother
Dear Mother, When the walls came tumbling down around us, we were so worried about how our father would react when we should have been worried about you.
By Ro3 years ago in Poets
Yellow
I used to hate the colour yellow I thought it was obnoxious, too bright, too optimistic And I, a pessimist, could not fathom
By Ro3 years ago in Poets
Falcon
Falling fast Fear forgotten Fierce, flawless Finally.
By Ro3 years ago in Poets
Clarity at the Bottom of the Hole
You offered to sit and chat when you were in the area. Two long months since we saw each other and I feel your absence as if it were a severed hand.
By Ro3 years ago in Poets
Elemental
In the dark, we’re born From dust to dust we return So that life can grow . Pressure in the chest It stirs embers of anger
By Ro3 years ago in Poets
Limbo
There was a car like yours parked outside my house and for a moment I thought you’d come to see me. I didn’t expect to feel fear. Trepidation, perhaps, but I’ve never been afraid of you.
By Ro3 years ago in Poets
Edge of the Storm
He left without saying goodbye, shouting at our father as he packed his bags and I was once again a little girl watching her brother spiral out of control.
By Ro3 years ago in Poets

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The Perfect Cut of Meat

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Clarity at the Bottom of the Hole

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