feelings padlocked
burned out
withered like a leaf
after last fall
turned into ashes
eternal thorns
pricking my soul
the wounds will heal
embalmed and cleansed
carefully prepared
for the next enchanting chapters
nothing disturbs
this free flow
real and untainted
by the former fear
my heart robust and reborn
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Moon Desert
UK-based
BA in Cultural Studies
Crime Fiction: Love
Poetry: Friend
Psychology: Salvation
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Welcome to the Winners Announcement for The Ritual of Winter challenge. This prompt focused on winter rituals and the meaning that settles into them over time. The top pieces stay grounded in ordinary acts and repeated routines, letting winter shape the work through pace, attention, and restraint.
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This is a powerful piece—there’s such a strong sense of transformation here. The imagery moves from pain and loss (padlocked feelings, burned out, turned into ashes) to renewal (cleansed, prepared, robust and reborn).
The wounds may heal, but the scars remain, harder, more leathery, making it that much more difficult for someone else to break through. (I'm talking about me, not necessarily you.)
lovely poem with a wonderful flow
Lovely!!!❤️❤️💕
Beautiful title on this!