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written for silent ones contest 

To my beloved, when the language of romance fades into rivulets rippling with reddish rage… Before your petal like nature withers in the subsequent storm, remember…. In my loneliness, I gather thorns and thistles, immune to their twinges. I've become too reluctant to thrive amidst jinxed jewels veiled in cracked constellations. Yet I wish upon calming pale pearls, while plunging into lethal lakes, where darkness covers the sparkling sky, It's energy decaying flowering faith. Unable to curate colors that illuminate wading weeds of woes in the garden of grief I’ve narrated, with bleeding hands and narcissistic blossoms. And when ebony hues burn deep into my visions, tears within my arctic heart, quiver in silence, searching for an aesthetic form of poetry, to sew these crippled letters swimming through my vain veins full of vengeance. The rhapsody of ribboned regrets, dwell in blinding blackness, while I’ve long been the tsunami hiding behind an enigma entwined from sun-freckled masquerades, intoxicated through self- inflicted triggers that tremble when light befalls, to sprout lilac lilies and raspberry red roses. So if tomorrow, I forget the intrinsic ingredients of poetry, losing my will to symbolize the pain I’ve caused, reread these verses, for I am an envelope of unsent apologies and dried dahlias, suffocating in solitude, too afraid to ride into sunflower dawns, awaiting an eternal embrace of forgiveness, relentlessly singing sorrows through mysterious metaphors, regretting past vents. In between torn pages is where my dreams soar, to be the sunrise dipped in hues of hope, composing confessions, when these fingers refused to find a synonymous ray, to unfold fluorescent rainbows draped in purple auroras. I couldn’t talk about it, so I wrote a poem, wishing I can right the unspoken wrong; stinging scars and scorching stars, while turning ashes into glistening gems and fearless fuchsias, rephrasing toxic patterns from poignant tercets, cathartically reigniting the flames of twilight aquamarine. This is I, the flawed sonnet sealed in kismet kisses, yearning to be read in the cashmere cadence of your enchanting accent.

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Date: 7/23/2024 9:07:00 AM
This could've been labeled an alliteration! So beautiful and descriptive...my favorite lines... "sew these crippled letters swimming through my vain veins full of vengeance" Xoxo
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Date: 7/22/2024 11:31:00 AM
I think in such situations you probably do need to talk about it, as a relationship needs good communication and if he really loves you, he will appreciate it.. anyway not my business how you conduct your relationships.... So much emotion in this one... Congratulations on your first place in the contest..
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Date: 7/12/2024 9:57:00 PM
I will never figure out how you come up with such cool and colorful alliterative metaphors. Awesome as ever, Ink.
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Date: 7/9/2024 8:48:00 AM
Such a beautifully composed piece Ink!! Wow!!! This is the Empress’s vulnerable side, how devastatingly intimate; my heart is breaking for you here!! I absolutely adore the raw emotions here. An exquisite penning my dear. The is one is a +FAV for me!!
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Date: 7/7/2024 7:12:00 AM
This is too much of greatness for me to digest Dearest Ink. Too many gorgeously crafted lines, everything is my favourite. Great entry for the contest. "So if tomorrow, I forget the intrinsic ingredients of poetry, losing my will to symbolize the pain I’ve caused." Did you write this after midnight? My pen and guts failed me on this one, I was going to submit the topic and a blank page for the contest because I couldn't bring myself to write. I tried. Just couldn't. But I have seen my pain-
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Tonye George
Date: 7/7/2024 7:16:00 AM
Described in some of your metaphors and all I can say is you're a great poet. I love the alliterations so much. "intoxicated through self-inflicted triggers that tremble when light befalls." And that vein vengeance. Oh! Lovely. Perfecto.
Date: 7/6/2024 11:41:00 AM
Oh wow! A perfect statement of the prayer for forgiveness i keep stating to that one someone in my life, the one i believe cannot forgive me no matter what. Do we each have a That-Someone in our lives, & you’ completely said what cannot be said here. so a Fav. My hugs & thanks!
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Date: 7/6/2024 7:34:00 AM
"losing my will to symbolize the pain I’ve caused, reread these verses, for I am an envelope of unsent apologies" -- Forever attached to pain until those apologies are sent. We can not always get back and reach those we have hurt, to apologize...but we can always reach the heart of God. "I couldn’t talk about it, so I wrote a poem, " When done right, poetry is an intimate conversation with the universe. Great read. Beautiful, emotive poetry throughout.
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/6/2024 10:43:00 AM
Thank you dear joe for your kind and generous comment im grateful always for your indepth analyses
Date: 7/6/2024 2:16:00 AM
delightful poetry, better write, in fact, than talk, let the soul speak about real words, i loved all images and aliterations, beautiful litterarture poet
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/6/2024 11:01:00 AM
Ah thank you so much for being so supportive always
Date: 7/6/2024 1:45:00 AM
Your poem is full of contrasts. From low to high. Such wonderful alliteration and imagery. But what I loved most was the emotions that characterised your poem. So well done.
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/6/2024 11:02:00 AM
Thank you dear victor always for being so supportive
Date: 7/5/2024 3:27:00 PM
Dear Ink, I apologize for not being able to read your outstanding pieces. I was away on a trip and will soon be embarking on a new one that will last for a month. However, while reading this in the afternoon, it becomes evident that the whole poem is a heartfelt expression of regret, pain, and fury, ultimately leading to a sense of emotional release and purification. I am unable to accurately predict or anticipate the lines that I hold in the highest regard. All of them are similarly exceptional, exuding profound feelings. I am certain that our collective happiness would greatly increase if we were to fully comprehend and appreciate the profound connectivity that exists among all entities.
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/6/2024 11:05:00 AM
So good to hear from you thank you so much dr sotto
Date: 7/5/2024 1:04:00 PM
Your great words made an even greater poem. Emotion loaded, it has a dizzying descent into a cry for forgiveness. I love it. Fav
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/6/2024 11:08:00 AM
Thank you dear hilda
Date: 7/5/2024 10:46:00 AM
Oh, wow, this was powerful...so vulnerable, like a warrior with armor underneath <3 xx
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/6/2024 11:12:00 AM
Thank you dear paige appreciate your visits always
Date: 7/5/2024 6:19:00 AM
Dear Empress, What a way to enter into my morning by reading one of your amazing poems. First of all, I loved all the word plays and alliterations that you used. Secondly, you are a master at breaking out the emotional depth from regret and sorrow to hope and longing. This gave me such a sense of a deeply moving and relatable experience which for me is hard to do. I felt the artistry was so rich in thoughts and themes that it invited me to multiple readings and yes, I received several interpretations. I love it when a poem gets me thinking, and you have done that. A Fav for sure!! – Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/6/2024 11:16:00 AM
Its always good to hear from you dear daniel and i appreciate such kind and thoughtful remarks as well as the fave you always grasp details of the poem in such a thoughtful manner thank you again
Date: 7/5/2024 3:34:00 AM
You are such a winner ! What will we do with you, urge you to write more poetry ? Of course ! Your the best Ink, contest or not contest this is a fav for me, have a great day !
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/6/2024 11:17:00 AM
And you are such a winner of hearts dear rose i appreciate you so much thank you for the fave too
Date: 7/4/2024 9:20:00 PM
Where does my poem stay before the one you wrote on the subject ! The whole poem is an outpouring of remorse, hurt anger and at the end catharsis. I am at a loss to project the lines I love most. All are equally outstanding, breathing intense emotions... so I am unable. Yet may I pick a few lines- "The rhapsody of ribboned regrets, dwell in blinding blackness, while I’ve long been the tsunami hiding behind an enigma entwined from sun-freckled masquerades," These lines can cut through like a dagger. You feel the need to write a poem and your justification is- ".... if tomorrow, I forget the intrinsic ingredients of poetry, losing my will to symbolize the pain I’ve caused, reread these verses, for I am an envelope of unsent apologies ---" Once again may I repeat.... poetry runs through your every vein and capillary, dear gifted friend!
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Date: 7/4/2024 10:13:00 AM
Ayayaaaa… this title is interesting aee.. cannot talk aee … language of romance fades into rivulets rippling with reddish rage…mmmm the alliterations r just deliciously articulated aeee!! darkness covers the sparkling sky, It's energy decaying flowering faith. Damn !!! long been the tsunami hiding behind an enigma entwined.. This is I, the flawed sonnet the cashmere cadence of your enchanting accent. Chills down my spine… this piece is flawless.. filled with effortless art and magical imagery.. I could lay in ur realm of gorgeous poetry n feel the power of your ink all day
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/4/2024 1:44:00 PM
Gosh you are such a drama queen lolol
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/4/2024 1:44:00 PM
Title is d prompt u shud have tried
Date: 7/4/2024 10:08:00 AM
Such a beautifully expressed poetic apology to a dear loved one for some unknown transgression(s). You and Silent put out some extraordinary poetry today. Thanks for gracing us with your presence
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Tom Woody
Date: 7/4/2024 1:53:00 PM
Authentic Inky, always
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/4/2024 1:43:00 PM
Means alot that you found beauty in this complex apologyx sometimes its hard to be simple and thats why I believe this isnt upto silent ones standards (rolls eyes) lol but its ok i am atleast being myself not trying to be someone else. Appreciate your support
Date: 7/4/2024 9:43:00 AM
Very creative . Right the wrong .
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Ink Empress
Date: 7/4/2024 1:42:00 PM
You definitely read the last line lol

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