countless years falsely identifying as square
while shamefully repressing that i was born round
brittle lies revealed, rebuked and laid bare
false prophets rejected, the truth has been found
and when the sun sets and steals my sentience
who am i when i am not me?
About the Creator
Laerilee
I began writing when I was young, but I had a million excuses why I never shared my creations with anyone. 30 years later I woke up with Soulmate in my mind, sharing its' first breaths with me...
FPS: The Last Flame Challenge Winners
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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