Point of No Return
The Point of no Return
It all started innocently enough,
casual conversation. Just the usual banter at the coffee station.
A couple of co-workers teasing each other. He liked her laugh. If he was honest, her yellow blouse with pearl buttons was a special treat. The top button was undone and the fabric draped over her breasts
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Categories:
point of no return, character, cute love, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Point of No Return
Written: May 31st, 2025, for contest by Kai Michael Neumann
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In the stillness of twilight, shadows sway.
and a delicate craft rests on the shore,
embarking on a perilous, winding path.
Odyssey, its supple rostrum slightly widening
as if attuned to the twilight.
Drifting on a warm breeze, such a leaf,
Its brittle
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Categories:
point of no return, analogy, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Point of No Return
A crescent moon dangles in the distance,
whilst meteors jet across Prussian blue heavens,
leaving trails of grey ash in their wake.
An abnormal, elongated silence creeps through threadbare trees,
as an imperceptible breeze skims past my hair,
causing, for just a second, déjà vu—
a flutter between my muffled heart and a crushing ribcage
jolts me back.
Never-ending, frayed nerves keep me
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Categories:
point of no return, angst, conflict, dark, gothic,
Form: Free verse
Point of No Return
The point of no return could be global or individual
but never is it in the middle.
It is a horizon of dreams aloft in hope held by tentative
strands of rope that weaken and deny what hearts are
seeking. It is love, stirred with hate that drips need to
bleed us, heal us and force
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Categories:
point of no return, change, conflict, corruption, deep,
Form: Free verse
Death is a Point of No Return
"Point of no Return"
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Death is a "Point of no Return"
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Categories:
point of no return, death, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme
Point Of No Return
Across the wandering life’s changing dynamic landscape,
I traversed following the footprints of destiny
the tortuous pathway in the undulating topography,
that winded for me, tracking the trail of racing time
to the amorphous future, taking the ordained shape,
Many streams in spate I had swam with passion
across the waves of somber squall.
With the buds of nascent hope
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Categories:
point of no return, journey, life,
Form: Free verse
Point Of No Return
We spend the hours in tinge of pale
There's no tenderness quite right--
And more hazy moments prevail
Growing dimmer like snuffed twilight.
Although he's near the inky hues
Splatter into unanswered coos:
While this pained heart bears all
To feel his cold of whispers diffuse.
Shall we grate hours in tinge of pale?
This time... let me request,
The tiny stars
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Categories:
point of no return, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Point Of No Return
The point of no return comes suddenly,
and without a whit of subtlety,
saying: I told you at the start
that blaggard has a darkened heart,
and no amount of rosy coloring
will stop his faithless plundering;
and still you go running back for more!
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Categories:
point of no return, betrayal,
Form: Couplet
Point Of No Return
They said the sun would rise again,
But not how red it burns at dawn—
A bleeding orb above the hills,
Where shadows march and boys are drawn.
We kissed our mothers’ hands goodbye,
The station rang with rust and steam.
Our boots were new, our hearts unscarred,
Still halfway clinging to a dream.
The sergeant’s voice was gravel-rough,
It ground the child from
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Categories:
point of no return, conflict, memorial, military, political,
Form: Rhyme
At the Point of No Return
Have you practiced kindness
on the path you chose?
Are you thankful even
despite all your woes?
Do you realize love
is all that really matters,
but desire for great wealth
will leave you in tatters?
Can you let go hate
and forgiveness learn?
Bright light you will see then
at the point of no return.
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Categories:
point of no return, inspirational, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
point of no return, hope, how i feel,
Form: Etheree
Point of no return
Drag back the hands of time
our love has g r o w n in leaps and bounds
we've f~l~o~w~n with b~i~r~d~s many times, returning
to hold an olive branch—
our feet s.t.u.c.k in clay, molded by love~
we are now at a point of no return
Count the teeth in our mouths
many
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Categories:
point of no return, dedication, fate, friendship, love,
Form: Free verse
Point of No Return
Oops
I fell for it
I spoke too soon
I said too much
I'm hooked
I took the bait
Now my life takes a 180°
and there's no turning back
AP: Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
point of no return, change, life, loss, sorry,
Form: Free verse
Point of No Return
When the time comes to go,
it doesn't matter what I know,
or what bridges I might burn
at the point of no return.
When I see her standing there,
don't talk "reason". I don't care.
Don't think I'll ever learn.
I'm at the point of no return.
I'll think about it for a long time,
but those thoughts aren't worth a dime.
It doesn't
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Categories:
point of no return, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
Point of No-Return
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I'm
here
on the
point of
no return
no turning
to back-track.
It's not a place.
It's not a position.
It's a full stop, period.
It's a final decision time.
There's no dimension, space
to get a foothold, time to look back,
or to think about going back, returning
to those safer spaces to dwell and revive.
They have long since well and truly passed by.
The needle spire piercing through
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Categories:
point of no return, destiny,
Form: Free verse
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