Dancing With Emotion-Contest

She is the offspring of resentment,
the mother of bitterness,
constantly waltzing with
phantoms of hostility.
Unfamiliar with the art of forgiveness,
she becomes an empty shell of
discontentment and disillusionment.
Like the singer without a song, 
like the writer without a story,
she lives absent of inspiration.
She harvests a self-condemned life
dwelling in the shadows,
when she could be playing in the sun. 
She is most wasteful of all emotions.
She is known as ANGER



Liz Labadie Reilly
October 27/2015
Dancing with Description
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Scars Avatar
November 10, 2015 at 8:02 PM
Congrats on your well deserved win :) -LU
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November 13, 2015 at 8:12 AM
thank you very much :)
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November 10, 2015 at 11:37 AM
Liz,, Congratulations on your awesome win. SKAT
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November 13, 2015 at 8:14 AM
thank you so much :)
Wigley Avatar
November 9, 2015 at 10:26 PM
Yes, she's nasty and bitter. A thoughtful piece, Liz, well done! Viv x
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November 13, 2015 at 8:16 AM
thank you very much :)
Lamoureux Avatar
November 9, 2015 at 6:45 PM
Congratulations!
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November 13, 2015 at 8:18 AM
thank you :)
Shank Avatar
October 27, 2015 at 3:47 PM
I really like this. .So descriptive. Evokes many thoughts and would be great for a discussion with friends.
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November 13, 2015 at 8:53 AM
Thank you so much Kathie :)
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