Terra Firma
one more round
After the rain, they came
before the fold:
chariot-drawn stags
diving deep beneath her
elden rings,
forged in flames
greater than gilded gods, and
hot as Helios
Icarus wept through pointed fingers,
joven, in truth, by Jove, as if the
killing of a sacred deer weren't
likelier to
matricide.
Nubile springs,
offered too soon.
Persephone again evades starvation.
Quake, for you're just like your mother.
Rejoice, for "the Queen, my lord, is dead".
Sate yourselves in knowing
that you have known Nothing
under pretense of
veritas, a self-made
web of golden fleece
xenophobically woven by forked tongues.
Year after year, he endears to the
zealous, endured by the honest and blind.
About the Creator
J
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil
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The steps to losing a child
Step One: Lose a child. Not what anyone wants to happen and nothing you can do to change it, but you can go through steps to becoming happy again. You can go through steps to loving again. You can go through steps to become a new you because after losing a child you will never be the same person you once were.
By Tabitha Hinkley4 days ago in Fiction
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Congrats on Top Story!🥳
Beautifully haunting summoning the gods of old. Congrats on your TS. I was shocked to find it an Abecedarian at the end,. well done.
😳 WoW! You wooed me in and I subscribed. Glad I took a break to read and found you!
Beautiful, loved the imagery.
Great storytelling, congrats on top story.
This was great - I couldn't even tell it was an abecedarian poem until the letter 'N'! Congrats on the top story and good luck in the challenge (hoping you submitted)! :)
So, so beautiful!! Congratulations on Top Story!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
A strong entry for the challenge, good luck Congratualtions
Fabulous work
I've just subscribed on the strength of this wonderful and powerful abecedarian that didn't really feel like an abecedarian. Love the image and your words. I hope this places somewhere and congrats on Top Story!
Fabulous work! Keep it up—congratulations!
I so desperately want this one to win the challenge.
Congrats on the TS.
Beautiful piece. Well done.
Oooo, this was so profound! Loved your Abecedarian!