Hope ... still remains!
A brisk walk so long
Cool breeze combing through my hair,
The pestilence-wilted leaves
Turned inside out,
Turned inside out,
So that green leaves manage
To slither out
To slither out
Hope remained,
It’s not the end of the world just yet.
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This is my response to Trifecta’s weekend challenge. In their words, here is the challenge:
This is my response to Trifecta’s weekend challenge. In their words, here is the challenge:
Your challenge this weekend is to give us 33 words about anything you want. Your piece must include at least one hyphenated compound modifier.
This is great! Pestilence-wilted leaves is so good — and I love the optimism at the end.
ReplyDeleteThanks for such lovely comment Suzanne :)
DeleteYes,without hope nothing can live:-)Am glad that those pestillence-wilted leaves gave way to new green leaves-birth of new hope,a great piece of writing:-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Atreyee for reading ... Optimism should prevail :)
DeleteThis almost sounds like the oncoming of winter. But spring always comes afterwards (:
ReplyDeleteJust an assurance that seasons will change ... Its not the end just yet ! Thanks Draug for reading :)
DeleteVery nice! I like how you can begin with "pestilence-wilted leaves" and still end up with such hope.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you like it Jenna ... :)
DeleteThanks for reading :)
slithering out... I like that...
ReplyDeleteGlad you approve Ted ... Thanks for reading ! :)
DeleteI'll be thinking about pestilence-wilted leaves for some time!
ReplyDeleteI hope I led you on a nice trail of thoughts Kymm ... :)
DeleteThanks for reading !
You've painted an unexpected picture. This is a to be reread and savored. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteAh, thanks for such nice comment Linda ... Thanks for the visit :)
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