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By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 9 months ago 1 min read
Potent
Photo by Bee Naturalles on Unsplash

I underestimated the importance of a silver arrow slicing through my body

Your silver arrow slicing

Your slicing that felt like death because it made me think I was alive again

The previous time I believed the tincture of your poetry was concentrated upon the subject of my own poetry, small doses that mixed into a powerful story

But the truth was your potency was beyond my ability

And I fell in disrepair

I’m the Out of order poet, with no one to fix it

Potent; understand how deep it goes

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About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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  • ThatWriterWoman9 months ago

    I love the imagery Melissa. The silver arrow cutting between life and death - wow!

  • And now I'm just dying to know whose poetic potency has left you feeling poetically impotent?

  • Out of order poet, I especially loved that. This was such an intense and poignant poem!

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