To Whom It May Concern Premiere Contest Winner

Struggling with words,
that once flowed like rivers pouring from my mind
The quiet that is, not understood
as distance between what was creative imagination
and a blank stare into space widens

Should I explore its reasons?
To find the birth of silence, walk its cobbled path
searching along its edges seeking troubled quarters
which may give light to darkness

Could that I hold a lamp above what's found
exploring in detail its shadows
in hopes of finding answers that reveal my minds distance
of what once was
the crying of my soul out in the wilderness
needing to be heard
now silent
as I lay in the darkness, to sleep

4/15/17
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017


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Date: 9/26/2017 9:21:00 PM
Congratulations on your win, Frederic. I especially like the second stanza.
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Date: 9/26/2017 12:40:00 PM
Frederic,CONGRATULATIONS on your placement with this awesome poem!
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Date: 9/26/2017 10:40:00 AM
I can see that lamp looking into the shadows. Love it! Congrats on your top win, Frederick!
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Date: 4/16/2017 6:27:00 PM
Frederic, wow amazing write, I read no struggle just wonderful words.
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