Scorch Marks
Anger
turns everything
ugly
from moments
to murmured words
from days
to faces
the emotion
singes the edges
of everything
creating
scorch marks
like blemishes
that turn
into scars
Gideon’s Challenge
Gideon’s Challenge – Summer Skies
Summer Skies
Blue skies
are boring
but proof exists
that summer skies
aren’t always blue
and as clouds
wander by
they seem
to stretch out
beyond our ken
and go on
forever
as they conspire
to take
your breath away
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Gideon’s Challenge – Anxiety Attack
Anxiety Attack
Tangled up
in need
and overwhelm
as too many
things
come together
at once
and leave me
unable
to catch
my breath
as tears fall
like rain
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Gideon’s Challenge – Shallow Moments
Shallow Moments
Back and forth
and back again
we go
and go
and go
from one task
to another
without a moment
to spare
until all I want
is to pause
just
for a second
to close my eyes
and breathe
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Gideon’s Challenge – Margit
Margit
Again and again
scenes are
murmured
in my ear
of cruelty
via selfishness
in one
given so many
opportunities
to learn
to change
and I have never
been so happy
to listen
as she dies
in the end…
Although I really think she should’ve been eaten by the zombies.
Slowly.
Ref: Magrit in Nick Clausen’s Cadaver series
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Gideon’s Challenge – Seeking Silence
Seeking Silence
I want
to be there
where the
treeline
thins out
to rough terrain
and the
temperatures drop
as it begins
to become hard
to breathe
and cell signals
taper off
to nothing
but quiet
Twisting the Leaf 