the people lost in accidents,
their lives shattered without warning.
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the people lost to overdoses,
who searched for a relief that never came.
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the people lost to suicide,
who fought their battles in silence, unseen until it was too late.
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the people lost to gun violence,
their dreams silenced before they bloomed.
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the people lost to war,
buried beneath rubble, ashes, and whatever else remains.
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the people lost to hunger,
who struggled to keep surviving.
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the people lost to hatred,
their spark burning out too soon.
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the stories lost to time,
their pages left unwritten or erased.
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the kindness lost to cruelty,
because society is changing us.
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everyone that’s no longer here,
someone in the world misses you, regardless of anything you might’ve done.
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all that could’ve been,
the unlived days,
the unsung songs,
the unfinished loves,
the unwritten books.
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everything I failed to mention,
because there’s too much going wrong.
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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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You know. I would never lie to you. I placed my hand on my heart and scrolled back up to the picture. You're making me feel stuff. Stuff that are very important to feel. I commend you for writing something this difficult. For having so much love and compassion for the people in the graveyard. I don't think most of us think this far. Their reason for death. I'm sorry but I couldn't hold it in when I got to the last line. This was more than good Luna. It's heavy because it's true. Everything you've said. Ugh!! This world will drive us all mad. Wait for it...😩😭😭 .... 🤗❤️
This seems to be a poem that describes living life in a way. Good job.
This was so poignant and emotional 🥺 Loved your poem!