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scars

Prompt - If time turns, will scars stain the sky 

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When Time Turns After We Forget

History returns
wearing its familiar scars—
time turns on itself
old wounds remember their names
locking onto now again.

Sky becomes a page
written over by old wounds
inked in ash and blight—
each generation writes on
what the last could not erase.

If time turns, will scars
stain the sky with red scratches?
tainting what comes next—
or will stars recall their place
when we forget who they were.
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Empress Avatar
September 20, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Th opening lines here are catchy and beautifully presented song and poem this is for the prompt dear John Pleasure reading this Thank you for sharing Congratulations on your win
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September 21, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Thanks very much for the feedback and for sponsoring Contests. Cheers and Best Wishes
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