Written, January 28, 2025 For The International Contest, This or That, Vol. 30 Sponsor, Edward Ibeh
Haibun with Senryu
"My scars tell a story. I love each one. They are reminders of times when life tried to break me and failed. They are marks etched in stone. And proof of my character. Strength of my foundation and the fire that burns within me always." Quote by _Poet Etched in Stone Some things in life are permanent and fixed, they cannot be changed ever or altered. I have things time carved in my mind, impossible to erase. Written on tombs. No amendment or alteration or repair will change anything. I have powerful memories and emotional images, etched like graffiti on my heart. My spirit and mind are damaged with intricate designs in percise scroll details. Engraved in my mind forever, painted on my soul. I cannot forget. Will not. And I am stained beautiful by the past, by time, and by years. Weathered is my existence. Ravaged is my garden. Yet, has made me the me I am now. among tombs I stroll reading names etched beautiful the rose I hold dead
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