Somewhere along the way
We’ve become lost
In transaction
Selfishly wanting
Without ever giving
Or perhaps you’re opposite
And are overly pleasing
Give give give
While others only
Take take take
Sometimes the world is harsh
Other times it's soft
Relationships require work
That never seems to stop
We pay back
What we receive from others
A favor done
Is a favor returned
Has it made you jaded
The one-sided nature
That created these
Unfair exchanges
Or has the illusion faded
Can you learn to give
Without needing to take
Start thinking of others
Before it’s too late
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Misha Kelly
Writer, adventurer, nature lover, student of life
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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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Well written and thought provoking! Thank you for that, and good luck! 🙂