Ivory Rise

Ivory light fades
at solstice.

A coin in my hand
reminds me
that life is spent.

Still, I hold hope.

When darkness comes,
I rise.


Personal Challenge:
Theme: Mortality
Emotion: Hope
Color: Ivory
Season: Solstice
Form: Free Verse
Object: Currency
Verb: Rise
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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