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realizing idealizing

{{Breakup Nonet}} challenge

By MorganaPublished about a year ago 1 min read
realizing idealizing
Photo by Juan Davila on Unsplash

laid one hundred seventy days dazed

bankside gazing at dim clouds and

hazy pines rippled on the

lake face and not once raised

eyes to the true hues

in that low sky—

looked up, saw

you: a

lie.

heartbreak

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Morgana

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  • Testabout a year ago

    love this

  • John Coxabout a year ago

    I love that the narrator’s blind to the lover’s true colors until she raises her gaze above the horizon. Extraordinarily powerful, Morgana!

  • JBazabout a year ago

    You built a wonderful visual to cement your final line Excellent

  • D.K. Shepardabout a year ago

    This is mesmerizing and exquisitely done! Got really caught up in the landscape imagery and then completely jarred by the end

  • Gerald Holmesabout a year ago

    Loved this. Great work as always.

  • Dawnxisoul393artabout a year ago

    Thank you for sharing this poignant piece, it captures the emotions of a moment of realization, love your works, subscribed.

  • Poppy about a year ago

    That ending is heartbreaking but so impactful!

  • Heather Hublerabout a year ago

    Oh, loved when that final image landed. So well done.

  • Joe Pattersonabout a year ago

    Heartfelt.

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