It is not as though your warmth faded,
so much as it shifted away;
like the low tide, you sought for
some sweeter, wiser shore.
To still love, elsewhere,
might be far worse
than simply
growing
cold.
About the Creator
Gabriel Huizenga
Twas for love of words that I first joined this site:
Poetry, especially, and dear short stories too;
For to live one's best is to read, and to write!
So find me in words here, and I'll find you 💙
Thanks for stopping by! :)
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FPS: The Last Flame Challenge Winners
Welcome to our first Winners Announcement of the year and to the final challenge in the Fall Poetry Series. The Last Flame invited writers to sit with endings, using fire as a central image to consider what remains when something burns out: ash, warmth, memory, silence, or the faint promise of what comes next. The strongest pieces treated endings as gradual rather than sudden, allowing them to flicker, dim, and linger.
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Wow! Amazing! Best!
Beautiful piece. Well done.
I can’t possible better DK’s commentary, Gabriel! Your poem and pic are both powerful and exquisite! Great challenge entry!
What an incredible poem and artwork pairing!! “like the low tide, you sought for some sweeter, wiser shore” is so exquisite. And the ending has such a lingering sting. Pure excellence, Gabriel!
Oh, what a tender poem!! Beautifully done, and I like the comparisons to warmth, cold, and tide.
Great poem!