decaying

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Written, June 8, 2025
For the International Contest, Your Choice W
Sponsor, Brian Strand

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the gate to the old cemetery is rusty and old though once upon a time is was elegant and gilded ornate with filigree tracery ornamentation now, it is d e c a y i n g fragile, beautiful I push to open and the gate sighs creaks, groans, moans s t e p p i n g into the cemetery the green wraps around me like a warm cloak

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JCB Brul

Date: 6/10/2025 1:42:00 AM

You have created a moment in time that makes the reader feel like they are there.. You captured the moment with vivid imagery only a dear Heart can. Congratulations! This is a FAVE. ^___^ JCB

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/9/2025 10:57:00 PM

Ohhh I love this, Constance. Congrats.

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 6/8/2025 5:58:00 PM

Old things and memories, it is a perfect combination. I love the rhythmic meter.