Poetic Form: Free Verse Inspired: 2024 March 30
*2nd Place* Ethereal Lanterns Contest Judged: 2024 April 08 Sponsored by: Ink Empress
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I held the power of speech, silence is never The silent ones, those unable to speak, beheld the stunning gifts that tenderly enlighten souls morsels for the eyes to feast to belay absence A blue jay finds them and stares at their minus and reasonably the blue jay vamooses to airs A multitude of lost butterflies congregate near a waterfall as their wings speak true tell-tales their life's stories whole in intricate fragments Deaf study them comely in the show of shows fluttering wings cascading downward equally number of living butterflies and of living waters Smile upon smile all host hushed turns to grins muted afoot in a mud pond is nature's cakewalk Statuettes of papyrus kissing the watery banks with their papered lips unto their accounts of a special day as each bow with its crested crown A trail of fallen stars barren their soles to aglow springs blindly glamor as a jealous chord sound awaken the northern light show displays of awe ... as body taps buddies a form of talk by voiceless ...
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