n o c t i s
lantern light challenge
fumbling through
darkness
calloused
grappling threads
of karmic
weaves
pulling shreds
to find
dead ends
circling loops
a lineage
left
to me
in the
darkness
of this
night
my eyes strained
to see
how to
braid
fragmented
pieces
looming wholeness
back into me
how do I
pull these
tattered strands
murky bits
of
tangled time
back into
something
beautiful
when I can’t
make out
the light
colors dimmed
in
muffled dark
muddied
ribbons in
shadows keep
unwinding
knotted patterns
trusting cords
of truth
to lead
deeper still into
the void
a flicker
struggling in
the night
golden flame
building
strength
transmuting
darkness through
the light
illumined patterns
i tried to weave
into something
whole
merely wicks to
light the flame
transmuted by
my soul
loops of
leathered ends
burned in the
lantern of
my heart
alchemized
by the light
mirrored
in the dark
About the Creator
Kristen Balyeat
Words fly to me on the wind, bump into me as I'm strolling the city, splash me in the face while I rest by the river, and shake me awake in the middle of the night—I’m humbly one of the vessels they use to come to life.
Also, i love you:)
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Comments (19)
Well-wrought and accolades well-deserved! I had to read it over several times, there were so many well-woven, cris-crossing themes. This idea of tying up loose ends, making something beautiful out of these random threads we've been given, only to burn it all again in the end and start over. The flame draws the artist, the artist draws the flame. Again, well-wrought!
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Congratulations!!!
Back to congratulate you on your placement! 🥳🤗 Bloomin’ marvellous xx
Returning to congratulate you on your win❣
Beautiful work, Kristen; I loved the flow of this poem! Congratulations on your top story and leadership board placement!🌹
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Gorgeous choice of words here Kristen, but I think that is your forte! The line that touched me most: how do I pull these tattered strands murky bits of tangled time back into something beautiful xx
Stellar flow, love the structure 🤍🤍.
Great
Congrats on your top story!! 👏👏 Well deserved 🎉
Incredibly thought provoking and twisted! Congrats on your top story!
God, the word choice you use in this one is so, SO good. Perfectly emotionally striking!
What a shock. What a bloody shock. Well done, K r i s t e n! Congrats on T O P S tory!
Haunting, aching, stellar work. Congrats on the well-deserved Top Story!
Can this mean truth is the light in the dark, or light that banishes the night? This had me going in so many directions and struggling with emotions realizing how close to home this hits. Lovely absolutely beautiful
Wow. Just WOW, Kristen! A world of desperation in this, beautifully described!
What?
For fuc... Another sublime piece of poetry. Again, you waltz in after god-knows-how-long, drop a stunner of a poem - all deep and powerful, insightful and relatable that gnaws at my emotional core, and then waltz away again. Probably bagging a winner spot in the process. Damn you, damn you my friend. Damn you. Damn you. If it sounds like I'm pissed off - it's cos I am. And cos I adore your wrirting. FFs indeed. Well done. Take a winner badge already.