Once upon a night time, after a year alone and my only double take, something I thought dead and cold
long hidden, buried, came awake.
It's a Wonderful Terror this.
Confusion wearing designer clothes, Crossing Bridges, torn pantyhose.
So many sorries on my side. I'll owe a million more I'm sure before I die.
But give me one chance at a time,
just one,
just one.
About the Creator
Mark R. Cieslak
Trying to tell some of the silly stories that crowd my head. Maybe you like one. If not its still cheaper than therapy.
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There is always a moment — small, quiet, almost forgettable — when the spark stops being a warning and becomes a state. It never looks like a turning point from the outside. It’s not a dramatic shift. It’s not a cinematic beat. It’s a subtle internal click, a recalibration so slight that only someone who has lived this cycle as many times as I have would recognize it.
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Love that. Well done.
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I feel like you know me and are walking in my shoes.
Boom, that is how you get an instant subscriber in me! This is heartbreaking and so full of emotion despite its short length! Well done on a fine poem and congrats on Top Story!
Great peom. Congrats on the top story!
🎉🥹Congratulations on your Top Story- Hope you get that Chance, but This is A Great Piece 📝❤️👌🎉
Great poem! Well done!
Just how poetry should be - slightly mystifying on a conscious level but touching a spot on a subconscious one. Excellent. Congrats on TS.
Absolutely loved how haunting this was. Congrats on the top story!
I def will return and read this again. Loved this so much. Congrats on top story!
Very poignant. Congratulations of your top story 🤍
The sorries really are terrifying, excellent personification. Congratulations on Top Story!
This has so much depth—it has definitely stroked my curiosity. I’ll be pondering. Well-earned top story!